Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Act 1875
WHEREAS it is expedient that the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company (who are herein-after referred to as "the Company") should be authorised--
To divert the Extension Shawforth Branch to Bacup;
To make a short line of railway in Oldham;
To extend the Brighouse Branch Railway;
To widen the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway into Liverpool;
To divert certain roads and footpaths; and
To purchase additional lands for the purposes of their undertaking, and that the other powers herein-after co...