The North Midland Railway was a British railway company, which opened its line from Derby to Rotherham (Masborough) and Leeds in 1840. For other uses, see Derby (disambiguation). ... Map sources for Rotherham at grid reference SK4392 Rotherham is a town in South Yorkshire, England, built upon the River Don near the confluence of the Don and the Rother. ... For other uses, see Leeds (disambiguation). ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

At Derby it connected with the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway and the Midland Counties Railway at what became known as the Tri Junct Station. In 1844, the three companies merged to form the Midland Railway. For other uses, see Derby (disambiguation). ... The Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway was a British railway company. ... 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 Tri Junct Station in Derby, opened in 1839, shared by the North Midland Railway, the primary contractors, the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway and the Midland Counties Railway From about 1825 and the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railways, the East Midlands had been at the centre of... 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom, which existed from 1844 to 1922. ...

The East Midlands had for some years been at the centre of plans to link the major cities throughout the country. Derby Midland Station (often called Derby Station) is a main line railway station serving the city of Derby in England. ...

In Yorkshire, George Hudson was the Chairman of the York and North Midland Railway, a proposed line from York towards the industrial markets of Manchester and Liverpool. He was interested in a southwards route, so invested in the building of North Midland, later becoming its chairman. Not only would it give a link from Yorkshire to London, it would provide an outlet for Yorkshire coal well as other minerals. Meanwhile financiers in Birmingham, were looking to expand their system northwards. Look up Yorkshire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... George Hudson (probably March 10, 1800 - December 14, 1871), English railway financier, known as the Railway King, was born in York. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the city in England. ...

George Carr Glyn was the first Chairman of the new company, with George and Robert Stephenson appointed as engineers. George Stephenson surveyed the line in 1835 with his secretary, Charles Binns. It would be 72 miles long, meeting the York and North Midland, at Normanton, and also the projected Manchester and Leeds Railway. He decided the line would follow the river valleys from Derby to Leeds, with minimal gradients and large radii curves. It therefore bypassed Sheffield, but met the Sheffield & Rotherham Railway at Masborough. In later years the Midland Railway built a diversion through Dronfield and Sheffield, which became known to railwaymen as the "New Road", as opposed to the "Old Road". George Carr Glyn (1797-1873) was a banker with interests in the railways, a partner in the family firm of Glyn, Mills and Company, which was reputed to be the largest private bank in the City of London. ... For other uses of chair, see chair (disambiguation). ... George Stephenson George Stephenson For the British politician, see George Stevenson. ... Statue of Robert Stephenson at Euston Station, London Robert Stephenson FRS (October 16, 1803–October 12, 1859) was an English civil engineer. ... | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Normanton is a town in West Yorkshire, England, lying north east of Wakefield and south west of Castleford. ... The Manchester and Leeds Railway (M&LR) was the chief constituent of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, which was incorporated in 1847. ... For other uses, see Sheffield (disambiguation). ... 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. ... Rotherham Masborough railway station was Rotherhams main railway station from the 1840s, until most of its trains were rerouted via Rotherham Central in 1986. ... The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom, which existed from 1844 to 1922. ... Location within the British Isles Dronfield is a town in North East Derbyshire, England, situated between Sheffield and Chesterfield on the River Drone. ...

Nevertheless, the terrain was more difficult than for the other two railways to Derby, requiring 200 bridges and seven tunnels, and an aqueduct for the railway to pass underneath the Cromford Canal. The Cromford Canal ran 14. ...

It received Parliamentary Assent in 1836, and was completed to Masborough on 11 May 1840, and to Leeds on 1 July. October 2, Charles Darwin returns from his voyage around the world. ... May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (132nd in leap years). ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ...

From the start, there was intense competition between the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway and the Midland Counties Railway for traffic into London George Hudson, who was an investor in the two railways, and, by now, also chairman of the NMR, encouraged them to merge, forming the Midland Railway. The Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway was a British railway company. ... 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. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom, which existed from 1844 to 1922. ...

It is now part of the Midland Main Line from London to Leeds and Sheffield and part of the route operated by Virgin Cross Country from the North East through Birmingham to the South West (sometimes known as the Cross Country Route). In addition, the section from Derby to Ambergate, originally the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway, is part of the Derwent Valley Line. The Midland Main Line is a main railway line in the United Kingdom, part of the British railway system. ... For other uses, see Sheffield (disambiguation). ... Virgin Trains is a train operating company in the United Kingdom. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Ambergate is a village in Derbyshire, England, where the River Amber joins the River Derwent. ... The Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway initially served neither Manchester or the Midlands, since its connection with the North Midland Railway at Ambergate Junction, was in a northerly direction. ... The Derwent Valley Line is a railway line from Derby to Matlock in Derbyshire. ...

See also North Midland Railway Locomotives Little information remains about the North Midland Railway locomotives. ...

References

• Pixton, B., (2000) North Midland: Portrait of a Famous Route, Cheltenham: Runpast Publishing
• Naylor,P. (Ed) (2000) An Illustrated History of Belper and its Environs Belper: M.G.Morris

External link

• Topographic map of the Sheffield area, making clear why the North Midland avoided the city