List of Constituents of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway
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Constituent companies
The following made up the London, Midland and Scottish Railway as a result of the Railways Act 1921:
- Caledonian Railway (CalR) 1114.5 route miles (1794 km)
- Furness Railway (Furness) 158 miles (254 km)
- Glasgow and South Western Railway 493.5 miles (794 km)
- Highland Railway(HR) 506 miles (814 km)
- London and North Western Railway (LNWR) - with which the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) had been amalgamated on 1 January 1922. Total route mileage (1923) was 2667.5 miles (4293 km)
- Midland Railway (MidR) 2170.75 miles (3473 km)
- North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) 220.75 miles (355 km)
Subsidiary Companies
Independently operated lines
- Cleator and Workington Junction Railway 30.5 miles (49 km) (partially worked by the Furness Railway)
- Knott End Railway 11.5 miles (19 km)
- Maryport and Carlisle Railway 42.75 miles (68.8 km)
- North London Railway 16 miles (26 km) (managed by the LNWR)
- Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway 67.5 miles (109 km)
- Wirral Railway 13.75 miles (22 km)
Independent lines for which rolling stock was provided by other companies
- Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway 30.75 miles (49 km)
Non-working companies
- Originally leased to or worked by LNWR
- Charnwood Forest Railway 10.5 miles (17 km)
- Dearne Valley Railway 21 miles (34 km)
- Harborne Railway 2.5 miles (4 km)
- Mold and Denbigh Junction Railway 15 miles (24 km)
- Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company 29.25 miles (47 km) [part of this system was jointly leased with the Great Western Railway (GWR)]
- Originally leased to or worked by MidR
- Tottenham and Forest Gate Railway 6 miles (10 km)
- Yorkshire Dales Railway 9 miles (14 km)
- Originally leased to or worked by CalR
- Arbroath and Forfar Railway 14.75 miles (24 km)
- Brechin and Edzell District Railway 6.25 miles (10 km)
- Callander and Oban Railway 99.75 miles (161 km)
- Dundee and Newtyle Railway 14.5 miles (23 km)
- Killin Railway 5.25 miles (8 km)
- Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway 36.25 miles (58 km)
- Solway Junction Railway 12.25 miles (20 km)
- Originally leased to or worked by HR
- Dornoch Light Railway 7.75 miles (12 km)
- Wick and Lybster Light Railway 13.5 miles (22 km)
- Originally leased to or worked by NSR
- Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway (narrow gauge) 8.25 miles (13 km)
- Originally leased to or worked by several component companies
- North & South Western Junction Railway 5.25 miles (8 km)
- Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway 82.25 miles (132 km)
Joint Railways
After 1923 amalgamations comprised wholly in the LMS
- Carlisle Citadel Station and Goods Traffic Joint Committees (originally joint owned by various companies)
- were LNW/MidR joint:
- Ashby and Nuneaton Railway 29.25 miles (47 km)
- Enderby Railway 2.25 miles (4 km)
- were LNW/L&YR joint:
- Lancashire Union Railway 12.75 miles (21 km)
- North Union Railway 6.5 miles (10 km)
- Preston and Longridge Railway 8 miles (13 km)
- Preston and Wyre Joint Railway 46 miles (74 km)
- was Furness/MidR joint
- Furness and Midland Joint Railway 9.75 miles (16 km)
- was Furness/LNWR joint
- Whitehaven Cleator and Egremont Railway 35 miles (56 km)
- were Cal/GSW joint
- Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway 29.75 miles (48 km)
- Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway 14.25 miles (23 km)
After 1923 amalgamations joint with London & North Eastern Railway
- Axholme Joint Railway 27.75 miles (45 km)
- Cheshire Lines Committee (1/3 owned) 142 miles (229 km)
- City of Glasgow Union Railway
- Dumbarton & Balloch (including Loch Lomond steamers) 7 miles (11 km)
- Dundee and Arbroath Railway (including Carmyllie Light Railway) 23 miles (37 km)
- Great Central and Midland Joint Railway 40.25 miles (65 km)
- Great Central, Hull & Barnsley and Midland Joint Railway (1/3 share) 4 miles (6 km)
- Great Central and North Staffordshire Joint Railway 11 miles (18 km)
- Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway 45 miles (72 km)
- Halifax and Ovenden Railway 2.5 miles (4 km)
- Halifax High Level 3 miles (5 km)
- Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway (a “ joint working arrangement”) 9.5 miles (15 km)
- Methley Joint Line 6 miles (10 km)
- Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway 183.25 miles (295 km)
- Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway (was GER/MidR/GNR joint) 22.5 miles (36 km)
- Oldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge Railway 6.25 miles (10 km)
- Otley and Ilkley Joint Railway 6.25 miles (10 km)
- Perth General Station Committee (2/3 share)
- Prince’s Dock, Glasgow 1.25 miles (2 km)
- South Yorkshire Joint Railway (2/5 share) 20.5 miles (33 km)
- Swinton and Knottingley Joint Railway 19.5 miles (31 km)
- Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway 4.75 miles (8 km)
After 1923 amalgamations joint with GWR
- Birkenhead Railway 56.5 miles (91 km)
- Brecon and Merthyr Railway & London and North Western Joint Railway 6 miles (10 km)
- Brynmawr and Western Valleys Railway 1.25 miles (2 km)
- Clee Hill Railway 6 miles (10 km)
- Clifton Extension Railway 9 miles (14 km)
- Halesowen Joint Railway 6 miles (10 km)
- Nantybwch and Rhymney Railway 3 miles (5 km)
- Severn and Wye Railway 39 miles (63 km)
- Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway 82.75 miles (133 km)
- Tenbury Railway 5 miles (8 km)
- Vale of Towy Railway (owned by GWR but leased jointly) 11 miles (18 km)
- West London Railway 2.25 miles (4 km)
- Wrexham and Minera Railway 3 miles (5 km)
After 1923 amalgamations joint with Southern Railway
- Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway 105 miles (169 km)
After 1923 amalgamations joint with District Railway
- Whitechapel & Bow Railway 2 miles (3 km)
Irish lines
- Dundalk, Newry and Greenore Railway 26.5 miles (43 km) - operated from 1933 by the GNR(I)
- Northern Counties Committee's lines 265.25 miles (427 km)
- Joint Midland and Great Northern of Ireland 91 miles (146 km)
- County Donegal Railways Joint Committee (owned jointly with the Great Northern Railway of Ireland)
Shipping companies
- Great Western Railway (minority shareholding)
- London and North Eastern Railway
- London Electric Railway until 30 June 1933
- London Passenger Transport Board from 1 July 1933
- Great Northern Committee's lines (Ireland) (minority shareholding)
- Great Southern Railways (minority shareholding)
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