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Midland Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (775 words) |
 | It was formed in 1844 by the merger of the Midland Counties Railway, the North Midland Railway, and the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway. |
| Alomst immediately, it took over the Leicester and Swannington Railway and the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway in 1845, but it was not until 1870 that a through route via Sheffield to the north was opened, from Chesterfield. |
| In 1846 it took over the Birmingham and Bristol Railway in the face of the GWR's plans to extend to Birmingham, after a legendary chance meeting on a train, of the Midland's James Ellis and two Birmingham and Gloucester directors. |
| Ireland's Railway Systems (9156 words) |
| (1) Dublin and Drogheda Railway, comprising a railway from Dublin to Drogheda, Howth Junction to Howth, and Drogheda to Oldcastle |
| (2) Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway, comprising a railway from Drogheda to Portadown |
| Enniskillen is the junction for the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway. |
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