London, Midland and Scottish Railway Constituent Companies
From Graces Guide
Constituent Companies
The following made up the London, Midland and Scottish Railway as a result of the Railways Act 1921 and came into force on the 1st January 1923:
- Caledonian Railway (CalR) 1114.5 route miles
- Furness Railway (Furness) 158 miles
- Glasgow and South Western Railway 493.5 miles
- Highland Railway(HR) 506 miles
- London and North Western Railway (LNWR) 2667.5 miles
- Midland Railway (MidR) 2170.75 miles
- North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) 220.75 miles
- Total Mileage of the constituent companies was 7,331 miles
Subsidiary Companies
Independently operated lines
- Cleator and Workington Junction Railway 30.5 miles (partially worked by the Furness Railway)
- Knott End Railway 11.5 miles
- Maryport and Carlisle Railway 42.75 miles
- North London Railway 16 miles (managed by the LNWR)
- Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway 67.5 miles
- Wirral Railway 13.75 miles
- Total mileage for the independently operated lines was 182 miles
Independent lines for which rolling stock was provided by other companies
- Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway 30.75 miles
Non-working companies
- Originally leased to or worked by LNWR
- Charnwood Forest Railway 10.5 miles
- Dearne Valley Railway 21 miles
- Harborne Railway 2.5 miles
- Mold and Denbigh Junction Railway 15 miles
- Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company 29.25 miles. Part of this system was jointly leased with the (GWR)
- Originally leased to or worked by Midland Railway
- Tottenham and Forest Gate Junction Railway 6 miles
- Yorkshire Dales Railway 9 miles
- Originally leased to or worked by CalR
- Arbroath and Forfar Railway 14.75 miles
- Brechin and Edzell District Railway 6.25 miles
- Callander and Oban Railway 99.75 miles
- Dundee and Newtyle Railway 14.5 miles
- Killin Railway 5.25 miles
- Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway 36.25 miles
- Solway Junction Railway 12.25 miles
- Originally leased to or worked by HR
- Dornoch Light Railway 7.75 miles
- Wick and Lybster Light Railway 13.5 miles
- Originally leased to or worked by NSR
- Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway (narrow gauge) 8.25 miles
- Originally leased to or worked by several component companies
- North and South Western Junction Railway 5.25 miles
- Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway 82.25 miles
Joint Railways
After 1923 amalgamations comprised wholly in the LMSR
- Carlisle Citadel Station and Goods Traffic Joint Committees (originally joint owned by various companies)
- were LNW/MidR joint:
- Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway 29.25 miles
- Enderby Railway 2.25 miles
- were LNW/L&YR joint:
- Lancashire and Yorkshire and Lancashire Union Joint Railway 12.75 miles
- North Union Railway 6.5 miles
- Preston and Longridge Railway 8 miles
- Preston and Wyre Joint Railway 46 miles
- was Furness/MidR joint
- Furness and Midland Railway 9.75 miles
- was Furness/LNWR joint
- were Cal/GSW joint
- Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway 29.75 miles
- Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway 14.25 miles
After 1923 amalgamations joint with LNER
- Axholme Joint Railway 27.75 miles (45 km)
- Cheshire Lines Committee (1/3 owned) 142 miles (229 km)
- City of Glasgow Union Railway
- Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway (including Loch Lomond steamers) 7 miles
- Dundee and Arbroath Railway (including Carmyllie Light Railway) 23 miles
- Great Central and Midland Joint Railway 40.25 miles
- Great Central, Hull and Barnsley and Midland Joint Railway (1/3 share) 4 miles
- Great Central and North Staffordshire Joint Railway 11 miles
- Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway 45 miles
- Halifax and Ovenden Junction Railway 2.5 miles
- Halifax High Level and North and South Junction Railway 3 miles
- Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway (a joint working arrangement) 9.5 miles
- Methley Joint Railway 6 miles
- Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway 183.25 miles
- Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Committee (was GER/MidR/GNR joint) 22.5 miles
- Oldham, Ashton-under-Lyne and Guide Bridge Junction Railway 6.25 miles
- Otley and Ilkley Joint Railway 6.25 miles
- Perth General Station Committee (2/3 share)
- Prince’s Dock, Glasgow 1.25 miles
- South Yorkshire Joint Railway (2/5 share) 20.5 miles
- Swinton and Knottingley Joint Railway 19.5 miles
- Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway 4.75 miles
After 1923 amalgamations joint with GWR
- Birkenhead Railway 56.5 miles
- Brecon and Merthyr Railway and London and North Western Joint Railway 6 miles
- Brynmawr and Western Valleys Railway 1.25 miles
- Ludlow and Clee Hill Railway 6 miles
- Clifton Extension Railway 9 miles
- Halesowen Railway 6 miles
- Nantybwch and Rhymney Railway 3 miles
- Quaker's Yard and Merthyr Railway 6 miles
- Severn and Wye Railway 39 miles
- Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway 82.75 miles
- Taff Bargoed Railway 11 miles
- Tenbury Railway 5 miles
- Vale of Towy Railway (owned by GWR but leased jointly) 11 miles
- West London Railway 2.25 miles
- Wrexham and Minera Railway 3 miles
After 1923 amalgamations joint with SR
- Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway 105 miles
After 1923 amalgamations joint with Metropolitan District Railway
- Whitechapel and Bow Railway 2 miles
Irish lines
- Dundalk, Newry and Greenore Railway 26.5 miles
- Northern Counties Committee's Lines 265.25 miles
- Joint Midland and Great Northern of Ireland 91 miles
- County Donegal Railways Joint Committee (owned jointly with the Great Northern Railway of Ireland)
- Great Western Railway (minority shareholding)
- London and North Eastern Railway
- London Electric Railway until 30th June 1933 and then the London Passenger Transport Board
- Great Northern Committee's Lines (Ireland) (minority shareholding)
- Great Southern Railways (minority shareholding)
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Sources of Information
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