London, Midland and Scottish Railway Constituent Companies

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
  • Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Joint Railway 35 miles
• 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)

Shareholdings

• 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)

See Also

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Sources of Information

• [1] Wikipedia