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That did happen. Some of the circuitous routes of railways are due to the objections of large landowners.
by TRiG_Ireland 3y ago
That did happen. Some of the circuitous routes of railways are due to the objections of large landowners.
- Tijdreiziger 3y agoAn interesting historical example was the kromme lijn (curved line) in Delft (the Netherlands), which was in operation for all of 5 days before the landowner caved and ceded his land to the railway. The landowner, incidentally, had purchased the land as an act of retaliation against the railway, feeling slighted after having previously sold land in Zandvoort (near Haarlem) to the railway. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_der_Gaag_Lane https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_der_Gaag_Lane
- TRiG_Ireland 3y agoThat's an interesting story. And I learned the term frog war.