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1839. Eastern Counties Eailway opened to Chelmsford. 



1840. Great Western Railway opened to Reading. 



,, London and Soutliampton Railway opened to Ports- 

 mouth : coaches taken off Portsmouth Road. 



1 84 1. Great Western Railway opened to Bath and Bristol : 



coaches taken off Bath Road. 

 „ Brighton Railway opened : coaching ends on Brighton 

 Road. 



1842. Last London and York ^Mail-coach, 



1844. Great Western Railway ojjened to Exeter: last 



coaches taken off Exeter Road. 



1845. Railways reach Norwich. 



,, Eastern Counties Railway opened to Cambridge. 



1846. Edinburgh and Berwick Railway opened. 



1847. East Anglian Railway opened to King's Lynn. 



1848. "Bedford Times." one of the last long-distance 



coaches withdrawn. 

 „ Eastern Counties Railway opened to Colchester. 

 ., Great Western Railway opened to Plj^mouth. 



1849. Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway opened. 



1850. Chester and Holyhead Railway opened. 



1874. Last of the mail-coaches: the Thurso and Wick Mail 

 gives place to the Highland Railway. 



