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Network Rail - Gatwick Airport (662 words) |
 | The present station was opened by British Rail in 1958 and was built on the original Gatwick racecourse, which it was intended to served from its original inception in 1891. |
| The original was closed in 1876 but was reopened by the LBSCR in 1891. |
| The present upper level concourse deck was designed by the British Rail Southern regional architect’s office under N. Wikeley. |
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America on the Move | A Railroad for Santa Cruz (858 words) |
| The Santa Cruz Railroad opened for business in 1876, and its locomotives “Neptune” and “Jupiter” pulled trains of passengers and freight the 13 miles between Santa Cruz and Watsonville where there was a junction with the Southern Pacific Railroad and connections to all the rest of the nationwide rail network. |
| And between 1876 and 1900, Watsonville became part of an agricultural revolution that eventually spread throughout California’s coastal regions and vast central valley. |
| The key for both towns was the rail network, which not only brought more industry and tourists to Santa Cruz, but allowed the agricultural produce of the surrounding area to reach new markets. |
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