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:

Subsidiary companies

Independently operated lines

Leased or worked railways

Many of these "railways" existed only in name; they were included on the list at the time of the Railways Act in order to legally qualify each line's position.

Independently operated joint companies

Joint railways

Now totally LNER

Joint with LMS

Joint with GWR


References

  1. ^ Hay 1984, p. 10.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Kennedy, Andrew (December 2022). "The Grouping 100 years on". Steam Days. No. 400. Horncastle: Mortons Media. p. 16. ISSN 0269-0020.
  3. ^ a b c d Larkin, Edgar J. (1992). "Appendix II: railway companies amalgamated to form the four main-line companies in 1923". An illustrated history of British railways' workshops: locomotive, carriage and wagon building and maintenance, from 1825 to the present day. Sparkford: Oxford Publishing Company. p. 175. ISBN 0-8609-3503-5.
  4. ^ Hay 1984, p. 34.
  5. ^ Hay 1984, p. 102.
  6. ^ Blakemore, Michael (2004). LNER in transition. York: Pendragon Publishing. p. 54. ISBN 9781899816118.

Sources

  • Hay, Peter (1984). Pre-grouping trains on British railways: the LNER companies. Poole, Dorset: Oxford Publishing Company. ISBN 0-8609-3315-6.