Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Rothbury Branch was a 13-mile single track railway line in Northumberland, England. It was built by the Northumberland Central Railway and was conceived as part of an alternative trunk route from Newcastle to Berwick.There were serious problems raising money for the ambitious scheme, and it was scaled back to run from Scotsgap to Rothbury. It opened in 1870.Even so, it was always short of money and had to request the North British Railway to take it, and its debt, over; it did so in 1872.The line was never busy and closure to passenger traffic took place in 1952; after a period of limited goods oepration, the line closed completely in 1963."@en }
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- Rothbury_Branch abstract "The Rothbury Branch was a 13-mile single track railway line in Northumberland, England. It was built by the Northumberland Central Railway and was conceived as part of an alternative trunk route from Newcastle to Berwick.There were serious problems raising money for the ambitious scheme, and it was scaled back to run from Scotsgap to Rothbury. It opened in 1870.Even so, it was always short of money and had to request the North British Railway to take it, and its debt, over; it did so in 1872.The line was never busy and closure to passenger traffic took place in 1952; after a period of limited goods oepration, the line closed completely in 1963.".
- Q7370397 abstract "The Rothbury Branch was a 13-mile single track railway line in Northumberland, England. It was built by the Northumberland Central Railway and was conceived as part of an alternative trunk route from Newcastle to Berwick.There were serious problems raising money for the ambitious scheme, and it was scaled back to run from Scotsgap to Rothbury. It opened in 1870.Even so, it was always short of money and had to request the North British Railway to take it, and its debt, over; it did so in 1872.The line was never busy and closure to passenger traffic took place in 1952; after a period of limited goods oepration, the line closed completely in 1963.".