List of constituents of the London and North Eastern Railway
The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was formed out of a number of constituent railway companies at the grouping in 1923.
Main companies
The main companies, showing their route mileage, were:
- Great Eastern Railway (GER) 1,191 1⁄4 miles (1,906 km)
- Great Central Railway (GCR) 852 1⁄2 miles (1,364 km)
- Great Northern Railway (GNR) 1,051 1⁄4 miles (1,680 km)
- Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR) 334 1⁄2 miles (535 km)
- Hull and Barnsley Railway 106 1⁄2 miles (170 km) (H&BR) (which had amalgamated with the NER on 1 April 1922)
- North British Railway 1,378 miles (2,205 km) (NBR)
- North Eastern Railway 1,757 3⁄4 miles (2,812 km) (NER)
Subsidiary companies
Independently operated lines
- Colne Valley and Halstead Railway 19 miles (30 km)
- East and West Yorkshire Union Railway 9 1⁄2 miles (15 km)
- Mid-Suffolk Light Railway 19 1⁄2 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 1⁄2 miles (9 km)
- Great North of England, Clarence and Hartlepool Junction line 6 1⁄2 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 Railway 12 miles (19 km)
- Seaforth and Sefton Junction Railway
- Sheffield District Railway 4 1⁄2 miles (7 km)
- Originally leased to or worked by the GER
- London and Blackwall Railway 6 miles (10 km)
- Originally leased to or worked by the GNR
- East Lincolnshire Railway 47 1⁄2 miles (76 km)
- Horncastle Railway 7 1⁄2 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 1⁄2 miles (20 km)
- Originally leased to or worked by the NBR
- Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway 10 1⁄4 miles (16 km)
- Forth and Clyde Junction Railway 30 1⁄2 miles (49 km)
- Gifford & Garvald Railway 9 1⁄4 miles (15 km)
- Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Railway 3 1⁄4 miles (5 km)
- Kilsyth and Bonnybridge railway 8 1⁄2 miles (14 km) (worked jointly with CalR)
- Lauder Light Railway 10 1⁄4 miles (16 km)
- Newburgh and North Fife Railway 13 1⁄4 miles (21 km)
- Originally leased to or worked by H&BR
- South Yorkshire Junction Railway 11 1⁄2 miles (18 km)
- Originally leased to or worked by several constituent companies
- Nottingham Joint Station Committee
- West Riding and Grimsby Railway 32 1⁄2 miles (52 km)
Independently operated joint companies
- East London Railway: jointly leased by the LNER, Southern Railway, Metropolitan Railway (MetR) and District Railway. Traffic operated by MetR (passenger); LNER (goods)
- Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC): Operated jointly by LNER/London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS). 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 Railway 123 miles (197 km)
- Hull and Barnsley and Great Central Joint Railway 25 3⁄4 miles (41 km)
Joint with LMS
- Axholme Joint Railway 27¾ miles (44 km)
- Cheshire Lines Committee (⅔ share) 142 miles (227 km)
- Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway (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 40¼ miles (64 km)
- Great Central & North Staffordshire Joint Railway 11 miles (18 km)
- Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway 45 miles (72 km)
- Halifax and Ovenden Junction Railway 2½ miles (4 km)
- Methley Railway (⅔ share) 6 miles (10 km)
- Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway 183¼ miles (298 km)
- Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway (¾ share) 22¼ miles (36 km)
- Oldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge Railway 6¼ miles (10 km)
- Otley & Ilkley Railway 6¼ miles (10 km)
- Perth General Station (⅔ share)
- Prince's Dock, Glasgow (⅓ share) 1¼ miles (2 km)
- South Yorkshire Joint Railway (⅗ share) 20½ miles (33 km)
- Swinton and Knottingley Joint Railway 19½ miles (31 km)
- Tottenham & Hampstead Junction Railway 4¾ miles (8 km)
Joint with GWR
- Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway 41 miles (66 km)
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