Railway town

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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

[edit] Examples

[edit] Australia

• Peterborough, South Australia^[1]
• Serviceton, Victoria^[2]
• Seymour, Victoria^[3]
• Werris Creek, New South Wales^[4]

[edit] 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.

[edit] Denmark

• Langå

[edit] Germany

• Altenbeken
• Bebra
• Hamm

[edit] Japan

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

[edit] Poland

• Koluszki
• Herby Nowe

[edit] United Kingdom

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

[edit] 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

[edit] See also

• Crossroads village
• Company town

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

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