London and North Eastern Railway Constituent Companies
From Graces Guide
The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was formed out of a number of constituent railway companies at the grouping in 1923.
Constituent companies
The following made up the London and North Eastern Railway as a result of the Railways Act 1921 and came into force on the 1st January 1923:
- Great Eastern Railway (GER) 1191.25 miles
- Great Central Railway (GCR) 852.5 miles
- Great Northern Railway (GNR) 1051.25 miles
- Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR) 334.5 miles
- Hull and Barnsley Railway (H&BR) 106.5 miles (amalgamated with the NER on 1 April 1922)
- North British Railway (NBR) 1,378 miles
- North Eastern Railway (NER) 1,757.75 miles
- Total Mileage of the constituent companies was 6,671.75 miles
Subsidiary companies
Independently operated lines
- Colne Valley and Halstead Railway 19 miles (30 km)
- East and West Yorkshire Union Railway 9.5 miles (15km)
- Mid-Suffolk Light Railway 19.5 miles (31km)
Leased or worked railways Many of these "railways" existed only in name; there 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) 2.75 miles
- Fawcett Depot Line (County Durham) 5.5 miles
- Great North of England, Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Line 6.5 miles
- Originally leased to or worked by the GCR
- Originally leased to or worked by the GER
- London and Blackwall Railway 6 miles
- Originally leased to or worked by the GNR
- East Lincolnshire Railway 47.5 miles
- Horncastle Railway 7.5 miles
- Nottingham and Grantham Railway and Canal Co 23 miles
- Nottingham Suburban Line 4 miles
- Stamford and Essendine Railway 12.5 miles
- Originally leased to or worked by the NBR
- Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway 10.25 miles
- Forth and Clyde Junction Railway 30.5 miles
- Gifford and Garvald Light Railway 9.25 miles
- Kilsyth and Bonnybridge Railway 8.5 miles (worked jointly with CalR)
- Lauder Light Railway 10.25 miles
- Newburgh and North Fife Railway 13.25 miles
- Originally leased to or worked by H&BR
- South Yorkshire Joint Railway 11.5 miles
- Originally leased to or worked by several constituent companies
Independently Operated Joint Companies
- East London Railway: jointly leased by the LNER, SR, MetR and Metropolitan District Railway. Traffic operated by MetR (passenger); LNER (goods)
- Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC): Operated jointly by LNER/LNS. LNER supplies locomotive power; CLC own rolling stock
- Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway: trains worked by both LNER/LMSR
Joint Railways
Now totally LNER
- Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Committee Railway 123 miles
- Hull and Barnsley and Great Central Railway 25.75 miles
Joint with LMS
- Axholme Joint Railway 27.75 miles
- Cheshire Lines Committee (2/3 share) 142 miles
- Dumbarton and Balloch Joint 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 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
- Methley Joint Railway (2/3 share) 6 miles
- Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway 183.25 Miles
- Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Committee (GER, MidR and GNR) 22.25 miles
- Oldham, Ashton-under-Lyne and Guide Bridge Junction Railway 6.25 miles
- Otley and Ilkley Joint Railway 6.25 miles
- Perth General Station (2/3 share)
- Prince's Dock, Glasgow (1/3 share) 1.25 miles
- South Yorkshire Joint Railway (3/5 share) 20.5 miles
- Swinton and Knottingley Joint Railway 19.5 miles
- Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway 4.75 miles
Joint with GWR
Sources of Information
[1] Wikipedia