Notes:  A mixed bag: yet more suburban lines for London and Glasgow; the LCDR reached Ashford from Swanley, giving Maidstone a direct route to London; Manchester and Sheffield were connected by the current passenger route through Edale; the spectacular Settle & Carlisle line was built by the Midland Railway to gain access to Scotland; the Tay Bridge, Severn Tunnel and Forth Bridge all opened, the first falling down shortly afterwards, the second leaking over 100,000 tons of water a day ever since, and the third going from strength to strength, needing only a (continuous) lick of paint. The main Scottish network was also completed with Wick and Thurso reached, lines to Oban and Mallaig, and a cutoff from Aviemore giving a (slightly) more direct route to Inverness. Meanwhile down south, the Metropolitan Railway had turned into a fledgling main line, reaching north to Aylesbury, and the arrival of the railway had turned Skegness into a seaside resort.