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Constituent companies
The following made up the London, Midland and Scottish Railway as a result of the Railways Act 1921: The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS1) was a British railway company. ...
The Railways Act of 1921, also known as the Grouping Act, was an enactment by the British government of David Lloyd George intended to stem the losses being made by many of the countrys one hundred and twenty railway companies, move the railways away from internal competition, and to...
The Caledonian Railway was a Scottish railway company which was grouped into the London Midland and Scottish Railway by the Railways Act 1921 in 1923. ...
Furness Railway was one of the constituent companies of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in the Railways Act 1921. ...
Glasgow and South Western Railway formed part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. ...
The Highland Railway was a Scottish railway company which was grouped into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. ...
The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) was formed in 1846 by the merger of three railway companies - the Grand Junction Railway, London and Birmingham and Manchester and Birmingham. ...
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway was a pre-grouping (1923) British railway company. ...
The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom which existed from 1844 to 1922. ...
The North Staffordshire Railway was a British railway company which had its roots in an early scheme to build a small plateway from the base of the Cauldon canal up to Cauldon quarries. ...
Subsidiary Companies Independently operated lines - Cleator and Workington Junction Railway 30.5 miles (49 km) (partially worked by the Furness Railway)
- Knott End Railway 11.5 miles (19 km)
- North London Railway 16 miles (26 km) (managed by the LNWR)
- Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway 67.5 miles (109 km)
- Wirral Railway 13.75 miles (22 km)
Independent lines for which rolling stock was provided by other companies Originally called the East & West India Docks & Birmingham Junction Railway and opened between 1850 and 1852, the railway linked the docks at Blackwall to Camden Town. ...
The Stratford-Upon-Avon & Midland Junction Railway (SMJR) was a minor railway company in the United Kingdom. ...
The Wirral Railway (WR) was originally incorporated in 1863 as the Hoylake Railway (HR), with powers to build lines from Birkenhead to New Brighton, and to Parkgate on the western side of the Wirral Peninsula; the latter line was not built. ...
Non-working companies The Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway (CK&PR) was incorporated by Act of Parliament on 1 August 1861, for a line connecting the town of Cockermouth with the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) West Coast Main Line at Penrith. ...
- Originally leased to or worked by LNWR
- Originally leased to or worked by MidR
- Tottenham and Forest Gate Railway 6 miles (10 km)
- Yorkshire Dales Railway (Skipton to Grassington) 9 miles (14 km)
- Originally leased to or worked by CalR
- Arbroath and Forfar Railway 14.75 miles (24 km)
- Brechin and Edzell District Railway 6.25 miles (10 km)
- Callander and Oban Railway 99.75 miles (161 km)
- Dundee and Newtyle Railway 14.5 miles (23 km)
- Killin Railway 5.25 miles (8 km)
- Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway 36.25 miles (58 km)
- Solway Junction Railway 12.25 miles (20 km)
- Originally leased to or worked by HR
- Dornoch Light Railway 7.75 miles (12 km)
- Wick and Lybster Light Railway 13.5 miles (22 km)
- Originally leased to or worked by NSR
- Originally leased to or worked by several component companies
- North & South Western Junction Railway 5.25 miles (8 km)
- Portpatrick & Wigtownshire Joint Railway 82.25 miles (132 km)
- Other lines
The Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company ran from Stafford railway station to Shrewsbury railway station, via Wellington railway station. ...
The original Bristol Temple Meads station, first terminus of the GWR, is the building to the left of this picture The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company, linking South West England, the West Country and South Wales with London. ...
Map sources for Skipton at grid reference SD9851 Skipton is a town in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. ...
Grassington is a picturesque village in Wharfedale, Yorkshire, England. ...
The Callander and Oban Railway company was formed in 1864 with the objective of linking Callander, Scotland to the west coast port of Oban over challenging terrain, particularly at Glen Ogle and the Brander Pass at Loch Awe. ...
The Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway (L&MVLR) was a narrow gauge railway in Staffordshire, Great Britain that operated between 1904 and 1934. ...
The Maryport & Carlisle Railway (M&CR) was incorporated in 1837 to connect the two towns of Carlisle and Maryport. ...
Joint Railways In 1923, now comprised wholly in the LMSR - Carlisle Citadel Station and Goods Traffic Joint Committees (originally joint owned by various companies)
- were LNW/MidR joint:
- Ashby & Nuneaton Railway 29.25 miles (47 km)
- Enderby Railway 2.25 miles (4 km)
- were LNW/L&YR joint:
- Lancashire & Yorkshire and Lancashire Union Joint Railway 12.75 miles (21 km)
- North Union Joint Railway 6.5 miles (10 km)
- Preston & Longridge Railway 8 miles (13 km)
- Preston & Wyre Railway 46 miles (74 km)
- was Furness/MidR joint
- Furness & Midland Railway 9.75 miles (16 km)
- was Furness/LNWR joint
- Whitehaven, Cleator & Egremont Joint Railway 35 miles (56 km)
- were Cal/GSW joint
- Glasgow, Barrhead & Kilmarnock Joint Railway 29.75 miles (48 km)
- Glasgow & Paisley Joint Railway 14.25 miles (23 km)
In 1923, now joint with London & North Eastern Railway The London and North Eastern Railway or LNER was the second-largest of the Big Four railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain. ...
- Axholme Joint Railway 27.75 miles (45 km)
- Cheshire Lines Committee (1/3 owned) 142 miles (229 km)
- Dumbarton & Balloch (including Loch Lomond steamers) 7 miles (11 km)
- Dundee & Arbroath (including Carmyllie Light Railway) 23 miles (37 km)
- Great Central & Midland Joint Railway 40.25 miles (65 km)
- Great Central, Hull & Barnsley and Midland Joint Railway (1/3 share) 4 miles (6 km)
- Great Central and North Staffordshire Joint Railway 11 miles (18 km)
- Great Northern & London and North Western Joint Railway 45 miles (72 km)
- Halifax and Ovenden Railway 2.5 miles (4 km)
- Halifax High Level 3 miles (5 km)
- Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway (a “ joint working arrangement”) 9.5 miles (15 km)
- Methley Joint Line 6 miles (10 km)
- Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway 183.25 miles (295 km)
- Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Committee (was GER/MidR/GNR joint) 22.5 miles (36 km)
- Oldham, Ashton & Guide Bridge Railway 6.25 miles (10km)
- Otley and Ilkley Railway 6.25 miles (10 km)
- Perth General Station Committee (2/3 share)
- Prince’s Dock, Glasgow 1.25 miles (2 km)
- South Yorkshire Joint Railway (2/5 share) 20.5 miles (33 km)
- Swinton and Knottingley Railway 19.5 miles (31 km)
- Tottenham and Hampstead Railway 4.75 miles (8 km)
In 1923, now joint with GWR The Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC) was the second largest joint railway in Great Britain. ...
Loch Lomond Loch Lomond (pronounced LOW-mond) (Scottish Gaelic Loch Laomainn) is a Scottish loch located in both the western lowlands of Central Scotland and the southern Highlands. ...
A British railway company. ...
- Birkenhead Railway 56.5 miles (91 km)
- Brecon and Merthyr Railway & London and North Western Joint Railway 6 miles (10 km)
- Brynmawr and Western Valleys Railway 1.25 miles (2 km)
- Clee Hill Railway 6 miles (10 km)
- Clifton Extension Railway 9 miles (14 km)
- Halesowen Railway 6 miles (10 km)
- Nantybwch and Rhymney Railway 3 miles (5 km)
- Quaker’s Yard and Merthyr Railway 6 miles (10 km)
- Severn and Wye Railway 39 miles (63 km)
- Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway 82.75 miles (133 km)
- Taff Bargoed Railway 11 miles (18 km)
- Tenbury Railway 5 miles (8 km)
- Vale of Towy Railway (owned by GWR but leased jointly) 11 miles (18 km)
- West London Railway 2.25 miles (4 km)
- Wrexham and Minera Railway 3 miles (5 km)
In 1923, now Joint with Southern Railway The Southern Railway in the United Kingdom was the smallest of the four railway systems created in the Grouping ordered by the Railways Act 1921. ...
In 1923, now joint with Metropolitan District Railway The Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (S&DJR) was an English railway company jointly owned by the Midland Railway and the London and South Western Railway. ...
The District Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured green on the Tube map. ...
The Whitechapel & Bow Railway was an underground railway line in east London, built as a joint venture between the Metropolitan District Railway and the London Tilbury & Southend Railway. ...
Irish lines - Dundalk, Newry and Greenore Railway 26.5 miles (43 km) - operated from 1933 by the GNR(I)
- Northern Counties Committee's lines 265.25 miles (427 km)
- Joint Midland and Great Northern of Ireland 91 miles (146 km)
- County Donegal Railways (owned jointly with the Great Northern Railway of Ireland)
The Northern Counties Committee NCC(I)) or, to give it its alternative name, Belfast and Northern Counties Railway (BNCR) before it had amalgamated with the Midland Railway on 1 July 1903, was itself an amalgam of various Irish railways. ...
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