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.
Railways Act 1921
The Railways Act 1921, also known as the Grouping Act, was an enactment by the British government of David Lloyd George intended to stem the losses being made by many of the country's 120 railway companies, move the railways away from internal competition, and to retain some of the benefits which...
in 1923.
Main companies
The main companies, showing their route mileage, were:- Great Eastern RailwayGreat Eastern RailwayThe Great Eastern Railway was a pre-grouping British railway company, whose main line linked London Liverpool Street to Norwich and which had other lines through East Anglia...
(GER) 1191.25 miles (1906 km) - Great Central RailwayGreat Central RailwayThe Great Central Railway was a railway company in England which came into being when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897 in anticipation of the opening in 1899 of its London Extension . On 1 January 1923, it was grouped into the London and North Eastern...
(GCR) 852.5 miles (1364 km) - Great Northern RailwayGreat Northern Railway (Great Britain)The Great Northern Railway was a British railway company established by the Great Northern Railway Act of 1846. On 1 January 1923 the company lost its identity as a constituent of the newly formed London and North Eastern Railway....
(GNR) 1051.25 miles (1680 km) - Great North of Scotland RailwayGreat North of Scotland RailwayThe Great North of Scotland Railway was one of the smaller Scottish railways before the grouping, operating in the far north-east of the country. It was formed in 1845 and received its Parliamentary approval on June 26, 1846, following over two years of local meetings...
(GNSR) 334.5 miles (535 km) - Hull and Barnsley RailwayHull and Barnsley RailwayThe Hull Barnsley & West Riding Junction Railway and Dock Company was opened on 20 July 1885. It had a total projected length of 66 miles but never reached Barnsley, stopping a few miles short at Stairfoot. The name was changed to The Hull and Barnsley Railway in 1905...
106.5 miles (170 km) (H&BR) (which had amalgamated with the NER on 1 April 1922) - North British RailwayNorth British RailwayThe North British Railway was a Scottish railway company that was absorbed into the London and North Eastern Railway at the Grouping in 1923.-History:...
1378 miles (2205 km) (NBR) - North Eastern RailwayNorth Eastern Railway (UK)The North Eastern Railway , was an English railway company. It was incorporated in 1854, when four existing companies were combined, and was absorbed into the London and North Eastern Railway at the Grouping in 1923...
1757.75 miles (2812 km) (NER)
Independently operated lines
- Colne Valley and Halstead RailwayColne Valley and Halstead RailwayThe Colne Valley and Halstead Railway is a closed railway between Haverhill, Suffolk and Chappel and Wakes Colne, Essex, in England.-History:...
19 miles (30 km) - East and West Yorkshire Union Railway 9.5 miles (15 km)
- Mid-Suffolk Light RailwayMid-Suffolk Light RailwayThe Mid-Suffolk Light Railway is a heritage railway in Suffolk, which in its heyday it was a branch line which ran for just from Haughley to Laxfield, Suffolk. The line became part of the London and North Eastern Railway in 1924 and the last trains ran on 26 July 1952...
19.5 miles (31 km)
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)
- Fawcett Depot line (County Durham) 5.5 miles (9 km)
- Great North of England, Clarence and Hartlepool Junction line 6.5 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 RailwayNorth Lindsey Light RailwayThe North Lindsey Light Railway was a light railway in North Lincolnshire. It was later absorbed by the Great Central Railway and later, on grouping, it passed to the London and North Eastern Railway...
12 miles (19 km) - Seaforth and Sefton Junction Railway
- Sheffield District RailwaySheffield District RailwayThe Sheffield District Railway was a railway line in South Yorkshire, England with its main line running between Brightside Junction, on the Midland Railway's Sheffield to Rotherham line, and Treeton Junction, on the same company's Rotherham to Chesterfield line...
4.5 miles (7 km)
- Originally leased to or worked by the GER
- London and Blackwall RailwayLondon and Blackwall RailwayOriginally called the Commercial Railway, the London and Blackwall Railway was a railway line in east London, England. It ran from the Minories to Blackwall via Stepney, with a branch line to the Isle of Dogs, thus connecting central London to many of London's docks in the 19th and 20th centuries...
6 miles (10 km)
- London and Blackwall Railway
- Originally leased to or worked by the GNR
- East Lincolnshire RailwayEast Lincolnshire RailwayThe East Lincolnshire Railway was a main line railway linking the towns of Boston, Louth and Grimsby in Lincolnshire, England. It opened in 1848 and was closed to passengers in 1970.-History:...
47.5 miles (76 km) - Horncastle Railway 7.5 miles (12 km)
- Nottingham and Grantham Railway and Canal 23 miles (37 km)
- Nottingham Suburban line 4 miles (6 km)
- Stamford and Essendine Railway 12.5 miles (20 km)
- East Lincolnshire Railway
- Originally leased to or worked by the NBR
- Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway 10.25 miles (16 km)
- Forth and Clyde Junction RailwayForth and Clyde Junction RailwayThe Forth and Clyde Junction Railway was a railway line in Scotland which ran from Balloch to Stirling.It shared a short stretch from Gartness Junction to Buchlyvie Junction with the Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway.- Opening :...
30.5 miles (49 km) - Gifford & Garvald Railway 9.25 miles (15 km)
- Glasgow and Milngavie Junction RailwayGlasgow and Milngavie Junction RailwayThe Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Railway was a Scottish railway. It extended the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway from Westerton to Milngavie, Glasgow.- History :...
3.2 miles (5 km) - Kilsyth & Bonnybridge Railway 8.5 miles (14 km) (worked jointly with CalR)
- Lauder Light Railway 10.25 miles (16 km)
- Newburgh and North Fife RailwayNewburgh and North Fife RailwayThe Newburgh and North Fife Railway was a railway in Fife, Scotland that provided services between and Newburgh. The line is closed.- History :The railway was incorporated on 6 August 1897. The line opened on 25 January 1909...
13.25 miles (21 km)
- Originally leased to or worked by H&BR
- South Yorkshire Junction RailwaySouth Yorkshire Junction RailwayThe South Yorkshire Junction Railway is a railway which ran from Wrangbrook Junction on the main line of the Hull and Barnsley Railway to near Denaby in South Yorkshire. It was nominally an independent company sponsored by the Denaby and Cadeby Colliery Company but was worked by the Hull and...
11.5 miles (18 km)
- South Yorkshire Junction Railway
- Originally leased to or worked by several constituent companies
- Nottingham Joint Station CommitteeNottingham Joint Station CommitteeThe Nottingham Joint Station Committee was incorporated by the Great Central and Great Northern Railway Act 1897 to manage the railway station which was to become Nottingham Victoria...
- West Riding and Grimsby RailwayWest Riding and Grimsby RailwayThe West Riding and Grimsby Railway was a joint railway whose main line linked Wakefield with Doncaster, whilst a branch line ran between Adwick and Stainforth...
32.5 miles (52 km)
- Nottingham Joint Station Committee
Independently Operated Joint Companies
- East London Railway: jointly leased by the LNER, Southern Railway, Metropolitan RailwayMetropolitan railwayMetropolitan Railway can refer to:* Metropolitan line, part of the London Underground* Metropolitan Railway, the first underground railway to be built in London...
(MetR) and Metropolitan District RailwayMetropolitan District RailwayThe Metropolitan District Railway was the predecessor of the District line of the London Underground. Set up on 29 July 1864, at first to complete the "Inner Circle" railway around central London, it was gradually extended into the suburbs...
. Traffic operated by MetR (passenger); LNER (goods) - Cheshire Lines CommitteeCheshire Lines CommitteeThe Cheshire Lines Committee was the second largest joint railway in Great Britain, with 143 route miles. Despite its name, approximately 55% of its system was in Lancashire. In its publicity material it was often styled as the Cheshire Lines Railway...
(CLC): Operated jointly by LNER/London, Midland and Scottish RailwayLondon, Midland and Scottish RailwayThe London Midland and Scottish Railway was a British railway company. It was formed on 1 January 1923 under the Railways Act of 1921, which required the grouping of over 120 separate railway companies into just four...
(LMSR). LNER supplies locomotive power; CLC own rolling stock - Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham RailwayManchester, South Junction and Altrincham RailwayThe Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway was a suburban railway which operated a 13.7 km route between Altrincham in Cheshire and London Road Station in Manchester....
: trains worked by both LNER/LMSR
Now totally LNER
- Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint RailwayGreat Northern and Great Eastern Joint RailwayThe Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway was a joint railway owned by the Great Northern Railway and its rival, the Great Eastern Railway. It was established in the early 1880s, and the joint company built a new, primarily freight, route between Cambridge and Doncaster, a distance of...
123 miles (197 km) - Hull and Barnsley and Great Central Joint RailwayHull and Barnsley and Great Central Joint RailwayThe Hull and Barnsley and Great Central Joint Railway was a joint line which ran from Aire Junction, on the main line of the Hull and Barnsley Railway, near Gowdall and an end on junction with the Great Central and Midland Joint Railway at Braithwell Junction.-Description:The railway consisted of...
25.75 miles (41 km)
Joint with LMSR
- Axholme Joint Railway 27.75 miles (44 km)
- Cheshire Lines CommitteeCheshire Lines CommitteeThe Cheshire Lines Committee was the second largest joint railway in Great Britain, with 143 route miles. Despite its name, approximately 55% of its system was in Lancashire. In its publicity material it was often styled as the Cheshire Lines Railway...
(2/3 share) 142 miles (227 km) - Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction RailwayCaledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction RailwayThe Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway, also known as Dumbarton & Balloch Joint Railway, was built to connect Balloch at the southern end of Loch Lomond down the course of the river Leven to Dumbarton, and east along the north bank of the River Clyde to Bowling, West Dunbartonshire, at...
(including Loch Lomond steamers) 7 miles (11 km) - Dundee and Arbroath RailwayDundee and Arbroath RailwayThe Dundee and Arbroath Railway was a railway link between those two towns in Scotland.-History:The railway company received its Parliamentary Act on 19 May 1836. It was planned as a gauge railway, because, at that time, it was expected to be a purely local railway with no connection to the...
(including Carmyllie Light Railway) 23 miles (37 km) - Great Central and Midland Joint RailwayGreat Central and Midland Joint RailwayThe Great Central and Midland Joint Railway, formerly, before 1897, Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies' Committee, was a collection of joint railways, mainly in the Manchester and South Yorkshire areas...
40.25 miles (64 km) - Great Central & North Staffordshire Joint Railway 11 miles (18 km)
- Great Northern and London and North Western Joint RailwayGreat Northern and London and North Western Joint RailwayThe Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway was a joint railway owned by the Great Northern Railway and the London and North Western Railway in east Leicestershire.-Location:...
45 miles (72 km) - Halifax & Ovenden Railway 2.5 miles (4 km)
- Methley Railway (2/3 share) 6 miles (10 km)
- Midland and Great Northern Joint RailwayMidland and Great Northern Joint RailwayThe Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway, was a joint railway owned by the Midland Railway and the Great Northern Railway in eastern England, affectionately known as the 'Muddle and Get Nowhere' to generations of passengers, enthusiasts, and other users.The main line ran from Peterborough to...
183.25 Miles (298 km) - Norfolk & Suffolk Joint Committee (GER, MidR & GNR) 22.25 miles (36 km)
- Oldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge RailwayOldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge RailwayThe Oldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge Junction Railway was an early British railway company, which opened in 1861, connecting Oldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge.-Plans:...
6.25 miles (10 km) - Otley & Ilkley Railway 6.25 miles (10 km)
- Perth General Station (2/3 share)
- Prince's Dock, Glasgow (1/3 share) 1.25 miles (2 km)
- South Yorkshire Joint RailwaySouth Yorkshire Joint RailwaySouth Yorkshire Joint Railway was a committee formed in 1903, between the Great Central Railway , the Great Northern Railway , the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway , the Midland Railway and the North Eastern Railway to oversee the construction of a new railway in the Doncaster area of South...
(3/5 share) 20.5 miles (33 km) - Swinton and Knottingley Joint RailwaySwinton and Knottingley Joint RailwayThe Swinton and Knottingley Joint Railway was a British railway company formed to connect the Midland and Great Central lines at Swinton, north of Rotherham, with the North Eastern Railway at Ferrybridge, near Knottingley, a distance of sixteen miles, opening up a more direct route between York and...
19.5 miles (31 km) - Tottenham & Hampstead Junction RailwayTottenham & Hampstead Junction Railwaythumb|right|Map dated 1914, showing the line as "Tottenhm & Hampstead Jnt"The Tottenham & Hampstead Junction Railway was a railway line in north London, formed by an Act of Parliament of 28 July 1862, and was effectively part of an attempt by the Great Eastern Railway to obtain a west end terminus,...
4.75 miles (8 km)
Joint with GWR
- Great Western and Great Central Joint RailwayGreat Western and Great Central Joint RailwayThe Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway was a joint venture supported by the Great Western Railway and Great Central Railway and run by the Great Western and Great Central Joint Committee. The original arrangement was agreed between the two companies in September 1898...
41 miles (66 km)