The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom, which existed from 1844 to 1922 when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. Midland Railway may refer to: The Midland Railway was a British railway company between 1844 and 1922. ... Jan. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS1) was a British railway company. ...

Initially, the MR's main line, now known as the Midland Main Line, connected the East Midlands to London and to Leeds. Eventually the Midland (head office in Derby) owned a large network of railway lines centred on the East Midlands, and the main lines connecting the East Midlands to Birmingham and Bristol, and another to Manchester. In the end, they were the only railway of the time to own or share lines in all of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. The Midland Main Line is a main railway line in the United Kingdom, part of the British railway system. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Leeds City station is the mainline railway station serving the city of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. ... Derby (pronounced dar-bee ) is a city in the East Midlands of England. ... The East Midlands is one of the regions of England and consists of most of the eastern half of the traditional region of the Midlands. ... Birmingham (pron. ... This article is about the English city. ... This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the anthem of the United Kingdom is God Save the Queen. See also Proposed English National Anthems. ... Motto (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity Cha togar mfhearg gun dioladh (Scottish Gaelic) Wha daur meddle wi me?(Scots)1 Anthem (Multiple unofficial anthems) Scotlands location in Europe Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English (de facto) Recognised regional languages Gaelic, Scots1 Demonym Scot, Scots... This article is about the country. ...

Midland Railway coat of arms at Derby Station. The wyvern which surmounts it had been used by the Leicester and Swannington Railway. It was the emblem of the rulers of Mercia and was used extensively as an emblem by the Midland.

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Origin

The Midland Railway Consolidation Bill was placed before Parliament and was passed in 1844 by the merger of the Midland Counties Railway, the North Midland Railway, and the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway. Jan. ... The Midland Counties Railway (MCR) was an early railway company in the United Kingdom which existed between 1832 and 1844, connecting Nottingham, Leicester and Derby with Rugby and thence to London. ... The North Midland Railway was a British railway company, which opened its line from Derby to Rotherham (Masborough) and Leeds in 1840. ... The Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway was a British railway company. ...

Leading it was the dynamic but unscrupulous George Hudson from the North Midland, and John Ellis, from the Midland Counties, a careful businessman of impeccable integrity. From the Birmingham line, James Allport found a place elsewhere in Hudson's empire, with the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway, though he was later to return. George Hudson George Hudson (probably March 10, 1800 - December 14, 1871), English railway financier, known as the Railway King, was born in Howsham, in the parish of Scrayingham in the East Riding of Yorkshire, north of Stamford Bridge, east of York. ... John Ellis (1789-1862) of Beaumont Leys in Leicestershire was instrumental in interesting George Stephenson in the proposed Leicester and Swannington Railway. ... Sir James Allport Sir James Joseph Allport (1811-1892), English railway manager, born in February 1811, was a son of William Allport, of Birmingham and was associated with railways from an early period of his life. ...

The line was in a commanding position having its Derby headquarters at the junctions of the two main routes from London to Scotland. This by virtue of its connections to the London and Birmingham Railway in the south, and, in the north, the lines from York. The London and Birmingham Railway (L&BR) was an early railway company in the United Kingdom from 1833 until 1846, at which date it became a constituent part of the London and North Western Railway. ... York shown within England Coordinates: , Sovereign state Constituent country Region Yorkshire and the Humber Ceremonial county North Yorkshire Admin HQ York City Centre Founded 71 City Status 71 Government  - Type Unitary Authority, City  - Governing body City of York Council  - Leadership: Leader & Executive  - Executive: Liberal Democrat  - MPs: Hugh Bayley (L) John...

Consolidation

Almost immediately, it took over the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway and the Erewash Valley Line in 1845, the latter giving access to the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire coalfields. It also absorbed the Mansfield and Pinxton Railway in 1847 building a connection of the latter between Chesterfield and Trent Junction at Long Eaton, finally completed to Chesterfield in 1862 giving access to the coalfields that would become its major source of income. Passengers from Sheffield continued to meet the train at Masborough until a through route was completed in 1870. In the early nineteenth century, when news broke of the building of the North Midland Railway, it was clear that George Stephenson would follow the gentle gradient of the Rivers Rother and Don, bypassing Sheffield. ... The Erewash Valley Line runs from south of Chesterfield along the Erewash Valley to Trent Junction at Long Eaton, joining the Midland Main Line at each end. ... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. ... Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. ... The Mansfield and Pinxton Railway was an early horse-drawn railway company in the United Kingdom, constructed in 1819 to transport coal between Mansfield and the head of the Pinxton branch of the Cromford Canal and thence by the Erewash Valley and the Trent to Leicester. ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Chesterfield, see Chesterfield (disambiguation) Chesterfield is a historic market town and local government district in Derbyshire, a county in England. ... The growth and decline of a railway junction Trent railway station was situated near Long Eaton in Derbyshire at the junction of the Midland Railway line from London to Derby and Nottingham. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England. ... Rotherham Masborough railway station was Rotherhams main railway station from the 1840s, until most of its trains were rerouted via Rotherham Central in 1986. ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

Meanwhile it extended its influence in the Leicestershire coalfields, firstly by buying the Leicester and Swannington Railway in 1846 , then extending it to Burton in 1849. Leicestershire ( IPA: (RP), IPA: (locally)), abbreviation Leics. ... The Leicester and Swannington Railway (L&S) was one of Englands first railways, being opened in July 1832 to bring coal from pits in west Leicestershire to Leicester. ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

The South-West

After the merger, London trains were carried on the shorter Midland Counties route, leaving the former B&DJR with the traffic to Birmingham and for Bristol at that time still an important seaport. This was through Curzon Street to the Birmingham and Bristol Railway, which had been formed by the merger of the standard gauge Birmingham and Gloucester Railway and the broad gauge Bristol and Gloucester Railway. This article is about the English city. ... Curzon Street is located within the exclusive Mayfair district of London. ... The Birmingham and Bristol Railway was a short-lived railway company, formed in 1845 by the merger of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway and the Bristol and Gloucester Railway. ... As railways developed and expanded one of the key issues to be decided was that of the rail gauge (the distance between the two rails of the track) which should be used. ... 5593 Kolhapur climbing Lickey Incline (painting by Terence Cuneo) The Birmingham and Gloucester Railway is a railway route linking Birmingham to Gloucester in England. ... Great Western Railway broad gauge steam locomotives awaiting scrapping in 1892 after the conversion to standard gauge. ... The Bristol and Gloucester Railway opened in 1844 between Bristol and Gloucester, meeting the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway. ...

These met at Gloucester via a short loop of the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway. The change of gauge at Gloucester meant that everything - goods, passengers and their luggage - had to be transferred between trains, creating chaos. Morever, the C&GWU was owned by the Great Western Railway who wished to extend their network by taking over the Bristol to Birmingham route. In 1845, while the two parties were dickering over the price, the Midland's John Ellis, while travelling on a London train, it is said, overheard two directors of the B&B discussing the business and took it on himself to pledge the Midland would match anything the Great Western would offer. The Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway was a broad gauge railway that linked the Great Western Railway at Swindon, Wiltshire, with Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. ... 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. ... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Since it would have brought broad gauge into Curzon Street, with the possibility of extending it to the Mersey, it was something that the other standard gauge lines wished to avoid, and they pledged to assist the Midland with any losses it might incur. In the event all that was necessary was for the later LNWR to share New Street with the Midland when it was built. The front of the station Curzon Street Station was a railway station in Birmingham in the 19th century and is the worlds oldest surviving piece of monumental railway architecture. ... 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 tracks at the eastern end of Birmingham New Street station Class 390 no. ...

Eastern Competition

As has been noted, the Midland controlled all the traffic to the North East and Scotland from London. The LNWR was progressing slowly through the Lake District. Meanwhile there was pressure for a direct line from London to York. Permission had been gained for the Northern and Eastern Railway to run through Peterborough and Lincoln but it had barely reached Cambridge. The Northern & Eastern Railway (N&ER) operated one of the two main lines which eventually became the Great Eastern Railway: the other being the Eastern Counties Railway. ... Peterborough is a cathedral city and unitary authority in the East of England, with an estimated population of 161,000 as of 2006. ... The now widespread name Lincoln originated in a city in eastern England. ... Geography Status City (1951) Region East of England Admin. ...

Two obvious extensions of the Midland Counties line were from Nottingham to Lincoln and from Leicester to Peterborough. They had not been proceeded with, but Hudson saw that that they would make ideal "stoppers." In other words, if the cities concerned were provided with a rail service, it would make it more difficult to justify another line. They were approved while the bill for the direct line was still before Parliament, forming the present day Lincoln Branch and the Syston to Peterborough Line. Nottingham is a city, unitary authority, and county town of Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands of England. ... Leicester city centre, looking towards the Clock Tower Leicester (pronounced ) is the largest city and unitary authority in the English East Midlands. ... The Nottingham to Lincoln Line is a railway line in central England, running from Nottingham north east to Lincoln. ...

One other investment should be mentioned. The Leeds and Bradford Railway had been approved in 1844. By 1850 it was losing money but a number of railways offered to buy it out. Hudson made an offer more or less on his own account and the line gave the Midland an exit to the north which later became the Settle and Carlisle line. In addition it gave the Midland a much more convenient station at Leeds Wellington. The Leeds and Bradford Railway (L&BR) was formed in 1843 to bring the railway to Bradford. ... Jan. ... For the game, see: 1850 (board game) 1850 (MDCCCL) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday [1] of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Leeds City station is the mainline railway station serving the city of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. ...

Hudson's defection

In spite of the objections of Hudson, for the Midland, and others, the new "London and York Railway", (later to become known as the Great Northern Railway) led by Edmund Denison persisted, and the bill passed through Parliament in 1846. The Great Northern Railway (GNR) was a British railway company, founded by the London & York Railway Act of 1846. ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

Hudson changed his allegiance and promoted a short line from his York and North Midland Railway, ostensibly as a quarry line, that would give the Great Northern an easy entry into York. The York and North Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom which opened in 1839, connecting York, with the Leeds and Selby railway and in 1840 with the North Midland Railway at Normanton near Leeds. ...

Apart, perhaps, from the canals, until the beginning of the century there had simply been no companies with the size and capitalisation of the railways. Company law was still in its infancy, something which many took advantage of. There is no doubt that Hudson had greatly encouraged railway development, but his financial practices had often been dubious. His defection had incensed the Midland's directors. Their rejection of him attracted the attention others and questions were asked. In the end he was discredited and retired to Paris in poverty.

After Hudson's departure, the Midland was in financial difficulties. Opposition to the Great Northern bill had cost a fortune, a great deal of maintenance was overdue, and the Lincoln and Peterborough lines were still to be paid for. Added to this, the Great Northern was taking much of the traffic from the North-East, particularly as the Midland was dependent on the LNWR from Rugby into London. Rugby is a market town in the county of Warwickshire in the West Midlands of England, on the River Avon. ...

Thanks to the control that had been exercised by John Ellis, there was no impropriety in the company's accounts, and it was due to his business acumen that the Midland survived and prospered.

Rather than compete on the passenger front, he first set out to concentrate on the coal trade, for in this he had an advantage over both the GNR and the M&SLR. While a number of lines had access to the Yorkshire fields and resisted encroachment by others, the Midland had virtually sole access to the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire mines, which were thirty miles or more nearer London. The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR) was the major part of the Great Central Railway, which name it assumed in 1897. ...

The Battle of Nottingham

In 1851 the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway completed its line from Grantham as far as Colwick from which a branch led to the Midland's Nottingham station. The Great Northern by then passed through Grantham and both railway companies paid court to the fledgling line. Meanwhile Nottingham had woken up to its branch line status and was keen to expand. The Midland made a takeover offer only to discover that a shareholder of the GN had already gathered a quantity of Ambergate shares. An attempt to amalgamate the line with the GN was foiled by Ellis who managed to obtain an Order in Chancery preventing the GN from running into Nottingham. However in 1881 it opened a new service to the north which, regardless of this, included Nottingham. The first of its trains to run into Nottingham in 1852 was preceded and followed by Midland locomotives which shepherded its loco into an old shed and the lines were pulled up. Grantham is a medium sized market town in Lincolnshire, England with about 35,000 inhabitants (40,000 including Great Gonerby), situated on the River Witham. ... Colwick is a suburb in the east of Greater Nottingham in England. ...

The Euston Square Confederacy

The London and Birmingham Railway and its successor the London and North Western Railway had been under pressure from two directions. Firstly the Great Western Railway had been foiled in its attempt to enter Birmingham by the Midland, but it still had designs on Manchester. At the same time the LNWR was under threat from the Great Northern's attempts to enter Manchester by means of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway. The London and Birmingham Railway (L&BR) was an early railway company in the United Kingdom from 1833 until 1846, at which date it became a constituent part of the London and North Western 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 Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR) was the major part of the Great Central Railway, which name it assumed in 1897. ...

The LNWR was led by the brilliant but totally unscrupulous Mark Huish. At first, observing the poor state of the Midland finances, he had proposed at amalgamation which Ellis opposed seeking better terms. He then formed an alliance with the MS&LR and the Midland against the Great Northern, which became known as the Euston Square Confederacy.

An agreement was reached whereby passenger traffic was shared and the Midland would be compensated for passengers taken by the GN. Another problem which arose in 1851 coincided with the Great Exhibition. The GN had just opened and took most of the Midland's traffic. The Midland retaliated by cutting its fares, resulting in a price war in which journeys were virtually being given away. Gladstone, who was the minister responsible for railways at that time, imposed a traffic sharing scheme between the two lines for journeys from Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. In time the Midland grew stronger and, when relationships were soured between Huish and the MS&LR, the Confederacy was virtually at an end. 1851 (MDCCCLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The Great Exhibition: Paxtons Crystal Palace enclosed full-grown trees in Hyde Park. ...

To London

In 1850 the Midland, though much more secure, was still a provincial line. Ellis realised that if it were to fend off its competitors it must expand outwards. The first step was to appoint James Allport as Chief Engineer and the next was to shake off the dependence on the LNWR from Rugby into Euston. Euston station, also known as London Euston, is a major railway station to the north of central London in the London Borough of Camden. ...

Although a bill for running the line from Hitchin into Kings Cross, jointly with the Great Northern Railway, was passed in 1847 it had not been proceeded with. , Hitchin is a town in Hertfordshire, England, and has an estimated population of 30,360. ... Kings Cross station is a railway station in the Kings Cross district of north east central London. ... The Great Northern Railway (GNR) was a British railway company, founded by the London & York Railway Act of 1846. ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

The bill was resubmitted in 1853 with the support of the people of Bedford, whose branch to the LNWR was slow and unreliable, and with the knowledge of the Northamptonshire iron deposits. 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

The new line ran from Wigston toward Market Harborough, through Desborough, Kettering, Wellingborough and Bedford, joining the GNR at Hitchin to run into King's Cross. South Wigston station serves the suburb of South Wigston near Leicester, England The station is located on the Birmingham to Peterborough Line 3 km (1¾ miles) south of Leicester. ... Platforms 1 and 2 at Market Harborough station, taken on 30 September 2005. ... Desborough railway station was built by the Midland Railway in 1857 on its extension from Leicester to Bedford and Hitchin. ... Kettering railway station is to the south-west of the Kettering town centre in Northamptonshire, England. ... Wellingborough station building Wellingborough railway station serves the town of Wellingborough in Northamptonshire, England. ... Bedford railway station is the main railway station in the town of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England. ... Hitchin railway station serves the town of Hitchin in Hertfordshire. ...

While this took some of the pressure off the route through Rugby, the GN would not allow passengers into London on Midland trains. It insisted that they should alight at Hitchin, buying tickets in the short time available, to catch an GNR train to finish their journey. In the end Allport managed to arrange a seven-year deal with the GN to run into King's Cross for a guaranteed £20,000 a year

By 1860 Midland was in a much better position and was able to approach new ventures aggressively. Its carriage of coal and iron - and beer from Burton-on-Trent - had increased by three times and passenger numbers were rising, as they were on the GN. Since the GN trains took precedence on its own lines, Midland passengers were becoming more and more delayed. Finally in 1862 the decision was taken for the line have its own terminus in the Capital as befitted a national railway. Burton-upon-Trent is a large town straddling the River Trent in the east of Staffordshire, England, which originally grew up around the monastery of St. ...

The new line would deviate at Bedford and would pass through a gap in the Cheviot Hills at Luton reaching London by curving around Hampstead Heath to a point between King's Cross and Euston. Luton railway station is located in Luton, Bedfordshire. ... Hampstead Heath (locally known as The Heath) is a public open space in the north of London. ...

The new station at St Pancras completed in 1868 has remained as a marvel of "Victorian Gothic" architecture, in the form of the enormous hotel by Gilbert Scott which faces Euston Road, and the massive wrought iron train shed designed by William Barlow. Its construction was not simple since it had to approach over an ancient abandoned graveyard. Below it would be the Fleet Sewer, while a branch from the main line was to be built, running underground with a steep gradient beneath the station to join the Metropolitan Railway which ran parallel to what is now called Euston Road. It has been suggested that St Pancras International be merged into this article or section. ... Year 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The chapel of St Johns College, Cambridge is characteristic of Scotts many church designs Sir George Gilbert Scott (July 13, 1811 – March 27, 1878) was an English architect of the Victorian Age, chiefly associated with the design, building and renovation of churches, cathedrals and workhouses. ... William Henry Barlow (1812-1902) was an English civil engineer of the 19th century, particularly associated with railway engineering projects. ... The Metropolitan Railway (MetR) and the Metropolitan District Railway (District) were the first two underground railways to be constructed in London, starting in the 1860s, and the first of the worlds metro systems. ...

To Manchester

From the 1820s proposals for lines from London and the East Midlands had been proposed, and that they had considered using the Cromford and High Peak Railway to reach Manchester. The ideas had never reached fruition since the practicality of using cable haulage for passenger trains was always in doubt. The Cromford and High Peak Railway was a railway built in the 1830s and operated by the London and North Western Railway to carry minerals and goods between the Cromford Canal at Cromford Wharf and the Peak Forest Canal at Whaley Bridge. ...

Finally the Midland joined with the London and Birmingham Railway, which was also looking for its own access to Manchester, in a proposal for a line from Ambergate. To be known as The Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway it received the Royal Assent in 1846, in spite of opposition from the Sheffield, Ashton-Under-Lyne and Manchester Railway. It opened had been built in 1849 as far as Rowsley a few miles north of Matlock. However the London and Birmingham had become part of the LNWR in 1846, thus having an interest in thwarting the Midland. BR standard class 7 70017 Arrow rounds the curve at Ambergate with The Palatine, September 1958. ... The Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway initially served neither Manchester nor the Midlands, since its connection with the North Midland Railway at Ambergate Junction was in a northerly direction. ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Rowsley is a village on the A6 road in the English county of Derbyshire. ... Matlock railway station is a railway station serving the town of Matlock in Derbyshire, England. ...

In 1863 the Midland built its line into Buxton, just as the LNWR arrived from the other direction. In 1867 began an alternative line through Wirksworth (now known as the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway), to avoid the problem of the Ambergate line. It was not completed because the Midland gained control of the latter in 1871. It was still, however, blocked at Buxton. At length an agreement was made with the MS&LR to share lines, built from a branch at Millers Dale and almost alongside the LNWR, in what became known as the Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies' Committee. Year 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Cunt BAg Twat Fuk suck my penis ring 0778851865!!!!!!Year 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Stations Wirksworth Idridgehay (proposed) Shottle (proposed) Duffield (proposed) - Transfer to main line services. ... Millers Dale s a valley on the River Wye in Derbyshire. ... The Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies Committee was incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1869 as a joint venture between the Midland Railway and the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway. ...

Continuing friction with the LNWR caused the Midland to join the MS&LR and the GN in the Cheshire Lines Committee, which also gave scope for wider expansion into Lancashire and Cheshire, and finally a new station at Manchester Central. The Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC) was the second largest joint railway in Great Britain. ... The G-Mex centre or Greater Manchester EXhibition centre is a exhibition and conference centre in Manchester in England. ...

In the meantime Sheffield had at last gained main line station. Following representations by the council in 1867 the Midland promised to build a through line within two years. To the Midland's surprise, the Sheffield councillors then backed an improbable speculation called the Sheffield Chesterfield Bakewell Ashbourne Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway. This was unsurprisingly rejected by Parliament and the Midland built its "New Road" into a station at Pond Street. Loathed by all who used it, it was rebuilt in 1905 as the present Sheffield Midland. Sheffield Midland Station, now called simply Sheffield, is the railway station in central Sheffield, England. ...

Among last of the major lines built by the Midland was a connection between Sheffield and Manchester, by means of a branch on this line at Dore to Chinley, opened in 1894, involving the construction of the Totley and Cowburn Tunnels, now known as the Hope Valley Line. 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Western Portal SK250787 Totley Tunnel is a 6230-yard (5. ... Airshaft, Colborne The Cowburn Tunnel is a railway tunnel at the Western end of the Vale of Edale in the Derbyshire Peak District in the English Midlands. ... The Hope Valley Line is a railway line in England linking Sheffield with Manchester. ...

Competition for coal

The Great Western Railway seemed oblivious to the massive expansion in coal and mineral production that was occurring in South Wales during the second half of the 19th century. The LNWR had already penetrated the area by taking over various small local lines. The Midland followed suit and in 1867 took over the Swansea Vale Railway, followed by the Hereford Hay and Brecon Railway in 1886. 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. ... The Swansea Vale Railway is a heritage railway following a section of the old Midland Railway line between Swansea and Brecon. ...

Meanwhile in the East Midlands, dominance along the Erewash Valley was being challenged by the Great Northern and the Great Central. In 1878 the GNR's "Derbyshire Extension" line through Derby Friargate opened. This cut directly through the coalfields north of the Midland line which ran along the Trent Valley, and in extending to Egginton, had access to Burton-on-Trent and its lucrative beer traffic. The Great Central Railway (GCR) was a railway company in England which came into being when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897 on the completion of its London Extension. ... Derby Friargate Station was the main station in Derby on the Derby Friargate Line, or more accurately the Great Northern Railway. ... Egginton is a village in the local government district of South Derbyshire, England. ... Burton-upon-Trent is a large town straddling the River Trent in the east of Staffordshire, England, which originally grew up around the monastery of St. ...

Thus the Midland retaliated with lines from Ambergate to Pye Bridge, from Basford to Bennerley Junction, and Radford to Trowell. Later when mining became possible under the limestone to the east, more lines appeared around Mansfield Basford is a civil parish in the Crewe and Nantwich district of Cheshire, England, just south of Crewe. ... Radford is the name of several places: Radford, Virginia, USA Radford University, Virginia, USA Radford, Coventry, United Kingdom Radford, Nottingham, United Kingdom Radford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom Categories: Disambiguation ... Trowell is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. ... , For other uses, see Mansfield (disambiguation). ...

To Scotland

In the 1870s a dispute with the London and North Western Railway over access rights to the LNWR line to Scotland caused the MR to construct the Settle and Carlisle (S&C) line, the highest main line in England, in order to secure the company's access to Scotland; ironically the dispute with the LNWR was settled before the S&C was built, but Parliament refused to allow the MR to withdraw from the project, which was completed in 1876. // The invention of the telephone (1876) by Alexander Graham Bell. ... 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 Settle–Carlisle Railway (S&C) is a 72 mile (115 km) long main railway line in northern England. ... Type Bicameral Houses House of Commons House of Lords Speaker of the House of Commons The Right Honourable Michael Martin MP Lord Speaker Hélène Hayman, Baroness Hayman, PC Members 1377 (646 Commons, 731 Peers) Political groups (as of May 5, 2005 elections) Labour Party Conservative Party Liberal Democrats... Year 1876 Pick up Sticks(MDCCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

Later history

By 1870 the Midland straddled the country, lines from London and the South West meeting at Derby to travel to Scotland via the North West and the North-East. There were now four tracks from London as far as Trent Junction. In 1879 these were complemented by the Melton Line via Corby, which also carried the Northern trains via Nottingham through Old Dalby. 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Corby is an industrial town and a local government district located 13km north of Kettering in Northamptonshire, England. ... Old Dalby is a village in the English county of Leicestershire. ...

By the middle of the decade investment had been paid for, passenger travel was increasing with new comfortable trains, and goods traffic, the mainstay of the line, was increasing dramatically. In fact goods, particularly menial minerals, were its main business.

Allport retired in 1880, to be succeeded by John Noble and then by George Turner. By the new century the quantity of goods, particularly coal, was clogging the network. The Midland passenger service was acquiring a reputation for lateness. Lord Farrar reorganised, at least, the expresses but by 1905 the whole system was so overloaded that no one able to predict when many of the trains would reach their destinations and there were crews spending as much as a whole shift standing at a signal. 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ...

At this point Sir Guy Granet took over as General Manager. He introduced a centralised traffic control system, and the locomotive power classifications, which became the model for that used by British Rail to this day. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

The Midland also acquired a number of other lines, including the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway in 1903 and the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway in 1912. In common with other railways, they shared running rights on some lines, but they also developed lines in partnership with other railways, and were involved in more such 'Joint' lines than any other railway. In partnership with the Great Northern Railway it owned the Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway to provide connections from the Midlands to East Anglia; the M&GN was the UK's biggest joint railway system. The MR also provided motive power for the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway. The Belfast and Northern Counties Railway (BNCR), after 1903 known as the Northern Counties Committee (NCC), and part of the Midland Railway (MR) 1903_1923, the London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) 1923_1948, and sold to the Ulster Transport Authority (UTA) in 1949. ... 1900 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (LT&SR) is a railway line linking Fenchurch Street railway station in the City of London with East London and south Essex towns. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... M&GNJR Badge The Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway (M&GN) was a joint railway owned by the Midland Railway (MR) and the Great Northern Railway (GNR) in eastern England. ... The Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway was a small branch line that linked with the Great Western Railway at Evercreech Junction in Somerset. ...

Grouping

In 1914 came the Great War. All the railways in the country were taken under the control of the Railway Executive Committee and were paid an amount based on their receipts during 1913. All excursion traffic was cancelled. Passenger service and the steamers across the Irish Sea were limited in order to cater for munitions and troops trains, which at times overwhelmed the system. By the end of the war overcrowded trains were running at only half the prewar mileage. The overworked locomotives had not had the benefit of the prewar standard of maintenance, while many of the staff had never returned from the battlefront. “The Great War ” redirects here. ...

The Midland never recovered from this before in 1921 the Government passed the Railways Act with those uncomfortable bedfellows the Midland and the LNWR joining the Lancashire and Yorkshire, the Caledonian and the Glasgow and South Western Railway, along with such lines as the Furness and the North Staffordshire to form the London Midland and Scottish Railway. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS1) was a British railway company. ...

Innovation

The Midland pioneered the use of gas lighting for trains in Britain, put third-class carriages on all its trains in 1872, and abolished second class in 1875, giving third class passengers the level of comfort formerly afforded to second class passengers (elsewhere some third class passengers travelled in open wagons). This was an entirely pragmatic move - the second class seats were not well patronised - but controversial. Interestingly, there had been considerable resentment, on the part of the third class passengers, at the 'toffs' using it, at least for short journeys. Others saw it as promoting the working class above their social station. The railway also introduced the first British Pullman supplementary-fare cars. The non-contiguous numbering of classes, with 1st and 3rd class only, continued until 1956, when third class was renamed second. Gas lighting is the process of burning piped natural gas or coal gas for illumination. ... “Trains” redirects here. ... Year 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The streamlined Pullman observation-lounge car Coconino, coupled to a heavyweight sleeper painted in two-tone Pullman grey, brings up the rear of the Santa Fe Railways Chief at La Junta, Colorado on February 27, 1938. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The company was grouped into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) on January 1, 1923 and was the most influential of the pre-grouping companies that formed the LMS. The Railways Act of 1921, also known as the Grouping forcibly merged British railway companies into The Big Four, as of 1st January 1923. ... The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS1) was a British railway company. ... is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• Locomotives of the Midland Railway.

The Midland Railways locomotives (which it always referred to as engines), followed its small engine policy. ...

References

• Truman, P. and Hunt, D. (1989) Midland Railway Portrait, Sheffield : Platform 5, ISBN 0-906579-72-4

External links

• Midland Railway Society
• Midland Railway Study Centre at Derby