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A railway town is a settlement that originated or was greatly developed because of a railway station or junction at its site. Examples include:

Contents

• 1 Examples
  • 1.1 Australia
  • 1.2 Canada
  • 1.3 Denmark
  • 1.4 Germany
  • 1.5 Japan
  • 1.6 Poland
  • 1.7 United Kingdom
  • 1.8 United States
• 2 See also
• 3 Notes
• 4 References

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Examples

Australia

• Peterborough, South Australia
• Serviceton, Victoria
• Seymour, Victoria
• Werris Creek, New South Wales

Canada

Under the provisions of the Dominion Lands Act of 1870, the railway companies had the power to survey new townsites along their rail lines, throughout Western Canada. Virtually every community in Western Canada that was created after 1870 (the majority) was directly created by the rail companies. One company, the Grand Trunk Pacific, actually began naming the new towns along its main line in alphabetical order from east to west, demonstrating the arbitrary nature of their planning powers.

Denmark

• Langå

Germany

• Altenbeken
• Bebra
• Hamm

Japan

• Ōmiya, Saitama is now a part of Saitama City.

Poland

• Koluszki
• Herby Nowe

United Kingdom

• Crewe
• Darlington
• Doncaster
• Eastleigh
• Haywards Heath
• Newton Abbot – site of Great Western Railway
• Sheringham
• Swindon
• Wolverton
• York

United States

• Altoona, Pennsylvania
• Atlanta, Georgia, at one time named Terminus because it was the terminal of the Western and Atlantic Railroad
• Chicago, Illinois
• Davis, California
• Etowah, Tennessee
• Sacramento, California
• Woodland, California
• Benson, Arizona

See also

• Crossroads village
• Company town

Notes

1. ^ “Peterborough – South Australia – Australia – Travel – smh.com.au”. www.smh.com.au. Retrieved on 2008-05-05.
2. ^ “Serviceton – Victoria – Australia – Travel – theage.com.au”. www.theage.com.au. Retrieved on 2008-05-05.
3. ^ John C. Jennings and Robert K. Whitehead (July 2005). Seymour – A Railway Town. Seymour and District Historical Society. ISBN 0 9751658 0 1. 
4. ^ “Philippa Rogers”. www.historycooperative.org. Retrieved on 2008-05-05.

References

• Lucas, Rex. A. 1971. Minetown, Milltown, Railtown; life in Canadian communities of single industry. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

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