1840 Rail Miles

This is the list of rail miles for each of the rail companies as listed in Bradshaw.

1840 Rail Miles
No.	Railway	Miles
1	Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway	38.5
2	Birmingham and Gloucester Railway	52
3	Birmingham, Bristol and Thames Junction Railway	3
4	Bolton and Leigh Railway and Kenyon and Leigh Railway	10
5	Bristol and Exeter Railway	76
6	Bolton and Preston Railway	14
* 7	Chester and Birkenhead Railway	15
* 7	Chester and Crewe Railway	18
8	Cromford and High Peak Railway	32.75
9	Croydon Railway	10
10	Eastern Counties Railway	126
11	Grand Junction Railway	97
12	Great North of England Railway	74
13	Great Western Railway	117
14	Hull and Selby Railway	30
15	Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway	20
16	Leeds and Selby Railway	20
17	Leicester and Swannington Railway	16
18	Liverpool and Manchester Railway	31
19	London and Birmingham Railway	112
20	London and Southampton Railway	76
* 21	Manchester and Birmingham Railway	45
* 21	Manchester and Birmingham Extension Railway	-
22	Manchester and Leeds Railway	60
23	Manchester, Bolton and Bury Railway	10
24	Maryport and Carlisle Railway	28
25	Midland Counties Railway	57
26	Newcastle and Carlisle Railway	61
27	Newcastle and North Shields Railway	6.75
28	North Midland Railway	72
29	North Union Railway	22
30	Northern and Eastern Railway	52
31	St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap Railway	8
32	Sheffield and Manchester Railway	40
33	Sheffield and Rotherham Railway	6
34	Stockton and Darlington Railway	25
35	York and North Midland Railway	23
36	South Eastern and Dover Railway	67
37	Canterbury and Whitstable Railway	6
38	Greenwich Railway	4
39	Preston and Wyre Railway	19
40	Taff Vale Railway	-
41	Manchester and Bolton Extension Railway	-
42	London and Brighton Railway	46
-	Total Miles	1,646
1840 Rail Miles

Numbering sequence maintained as published

Sources of Information

Bradshaw’s Railway Companion 1840

Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

1840 Rail Miles

See Also

Sources of Information