One of the contractors of the Kendal Windermere Railways had also built one third of the railways in which country by 1847?
Kendal and Windermere Railway The Kendal and Windermere Railway is a railway in Cumbria in north-west England. It was built as a railway from the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway at Oxenholme via Kendal to near Windermere, opening fully in April 1847. The engineer was Joseph Locke and the partnership of contractors consisted of Thomas Brassey, William Mackenzie, Robert Stephenson and George Heald. It remains open, albeit in much simplified form, as the Windermere Branch Line.
Apeldoorn–Zwolle railway The Apeldoorn–Zwolle railway was a railway in the Netherlands connecting Apeldoorn with Zwolle. The railway was constructed by the Royal Netherlands Railway Company (KNLS) and opened between 1887 and 1889. The railway sooned earned the nickname "Baron Line", thanks to the number of nobles living along the line. The railway was closed in 1950 and largely demolished in the 1970s.