List of constituents of the London and North Eastern Railway
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The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was formed out of a number of constituent railway companies at the grouping in 1923.
Main companies
[edit]The main companies, showing their route mileage, were:
- Great Eastern Railway (GER)[1] 1,191+1⁄4 miles (1,906 km)[2]
- Great Central Railway (GCR)[3] 852+1⁄2 miles (1,364 km)[2]
- Great Northern Railway (GNR)[4] 1,051+1⁄4 miles (1,680 km)[2]
- Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR)[5] 334+1⁄2 miles (535 km)[2]
- Hull and Barnsley Railway[3] 106+1⁄2 miles (170 km) (H&BR) (which had amalgamated with the NER on 1 April 1922)[2]
- North British Railway[3] 1,378 miles (2,218 km) (NBR)[2]
- North Eastern Railway[3] 1,757+3⁄4 miles (2,812 km) (NER)[2]
Subsidiary companies
[edit]Independently operated lines
[edit]- Colne Valley and Halstead Railway 19 miles (31 km)[2]
- East and West Yorkshire Union Railway 9+1⁄2 miles (15 km)[2]
- Mid-Suffolk Light Railway 19+1⁄2 miles (31 km)[2]
Leased or worked railways
[edit]Many of these "railways" existed only in name; they were included on the list at the time of the Railways Act in order to legally qualify each line's position.
- Originally leased to or worked by the NER
- Brackenhill Light Railway (West Yorkshire)
- Fawcett Depot line (County Durham) 5+1⁄2 miles (9 km)
- Great North of England, Clarence and Hartlepool Junction line 6+1⁄2 miles (10 km)
- Originally leased to or worked by the GCR
- Humber Commercial Railway and Dock
- Mansfield Railway 10 miles (16 km)
- North Lindsey Light Railway 12 miles (19 km)
- Seaforth and Sefton Junction Railway
- Sheffield District Railway 4+1⁄2 miles (7 km)
- Originally leased to or worked by the GER
- London and Blackwall Railway 6 miles (9.7 km)
- Originally leased to or worked by the GNR
- East Lincolnshire Railway 47+1⁄2 miles (76 km)
- Horncastle Railway 7+1⁄2 miles (12 km)
- Nottingham and Grantham Railway and Canal 23 miles (37 km)
- Nottingham Suburban line 4 miles (6.4 km)
- Stamford and Essendine Railway 12+1⁄2 miles (20 km)
- Originally leased to or worked by the NBR
- Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway 10+1⁄4 miles (16 km)
- Edinburgh and Northern Railway
- Forth and Clyde Junction Railway 30+1⁄2 miles (49 km)
- Gifford & Garvald Railway 9+1⁄4 miles (15 km)
- Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Railway 3+1⁄4 miles (5 km)
- Kilsyth and Bonnybridge railway 8+1⁄2 miles (14 km) (worked jointly with CalR)
- Lauder Light Railway 10+1⁄4 miles (16 km)
- Newburgh and North Fife Railway 13+1⁄4 miles (21 km)
- Originally leased to or worked by H&BR
- South Yorkshire Junction Railway 11+1⁄2 miles (18 km)
- Originally leased to or worked by several constituent companies
- Nottingham Joint Station Committee
- West Riding and Grimsby Railway 32+1⁄2 miles (52 km)
Independently operated joint companies
[edit]- East London Railway: jointly leased by the LNER, Southern Railway, Metropolitan Railway (MetR) and District Railway. Traffic operated by MetR (passenger); LNER (goods)
- Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC): operated jointly by LNER/London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS). LNER supplies locomotive power; CLC own rolling stock
- Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway: trains worked by both LNER/LMSR[6]
Joint railways
[edit]Now totally LNER
[edit]- Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway 123 miles (198 km)
- Hull and Barnsley and Great Central Joint Railway 25+3⁄4 miles (41.4 km)
Joint with LMS
[edit]- Axholme Joint Railway 27+3⁄4 miles (44.7 km)
- Cheshire Lines Committee (2⁄3 share) 142 miles (229 km)
- Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway (including Loch Lomond steamers) 7 miles (11 km)
- Dundee and Arbroath Railway (including Carmyllie Light Railway) 23 miles (37 km)
- Great Central and Midland Joint Railway 40+1⁄4 miles (64.8 km)
- Great Central & North Staffordshire Joint Railway 11 miles (18 km)
- Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway 45 miles (72 km)
- Halifax and Ovenden Junction Railway 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km)
- Methley Railway (2⁄3 share) 6 miles (9.7 km)
- Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway 183+1⁄4 miles (294.9 km)
- Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway (3⁄4 share) 22+1⁄4 miles (35.8 km)
- Oldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge Railway 6+1⁄4 miles (10.1 km)
- Otley & Ilkley Railway 6+1⁄4 miles (10.1 km)
- Perth General Station (2⁄3 share)
- Prince's Dock, Glasgow (1⁄3 share) 1+1⁄4 miles (2.0 km)
- South Yorkshire Joint Railway (3⁄5 share) 20+1⁄2 miles (33.0 km)
- Swinton and Knottingley Joint Railway 19+1⁄2 miles (31.4 km)
- Tottenham & Hampstead Junction Railway 4+3⁄4 miles (7.6 km)
Joint with GWR
[edit]- Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway 41 miles (66 km)
References
[edit]- ^ Hay 1984, p. 10.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Kennedy, Andrew (December 2022). "The Grouping 100 years on". Steam Days. No. 400. Horncastle: Mortons Media. p. 16. ISSN 0269-0020.
- ^ a b c d Larkin, Edgar J. (1992). "Appendix II: railway companies amalgamated to form the four main-line companies in 1923". An illustrated history of British railways' workshops: locomotive, carriage and wagon building and maintenance, from 1825 to the present day. Sparkford: Oxford Publishing Company. p. 175. ISBN 0-8609-3503-5.
- ^ Hay 1984, p. 34.
- ^ Hay 1984, p. 102.
- ^ Blakemore, Michael (2004). LNER in transition. York: Pendragon Publishing. p. 54. ISBN 9781899816118.
Sources
[edit]- Hay, Peter (1984). Pre-grouping trains on British railways: the LNER companies. Poole, Dorset: Oxford Publishing Company. ISBN 0-8609-3315-6.