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.
The main companies, showing their route mileage, were:
- Great Eastern Railway (GER)[1] 1,191+1⁄4 miles (1,906 km)[2]
- Great Central Railway (GCR)[3] 852+1⁄2 miles (1,364 km)[2]
- Great Northern Railway (GNR)[4] 1,051+1⁄4 miles (1,680 km)[2]
- Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR)[5] 334+1⁄2 miles (535 km)[2]
- Hull and Barnsley Railway[3] 106+1⁄2 miles (170 km) (H&BR) (which had amalgamated with the NER on 1 April 1922)[2]
- North British Railway[3] 1,378 miles (2,218 km) (NBR)[2]
- North Eastern Railway[3] 1,757+3⁄4 miles (2,812 km) (NER)[2]
Subsidiary companies
Independently operated lines
- Colne Valley and Halstead Railway 19 miles (31 km)[2]
- East and West Yorkshire Union Railways 9+1⁄2 miles (15 km)[2]
- Mid-Suffolk Light Railway 19+1⁄2 miles (31 km)[2]
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.
- Originally leased to or worked by the NER
- Brackenhill Light Railway (West Yorkshire)[6]
- Forcett Depot line (County Durham) 5+1⁄2 miles (9 km)[6]
- Great North of England, Clarence and Hartlepool Junction line 6+1⁄2 miles (10 km)[6]
- Originally leased to or worked by the GCR
- Humber Commercial Railway and Dock[6]
- Mansfield Railway 10 miles (16 km)[6]
- North Lindsey Light Railway 12 miles (19 km)[6]
- Seaforth and Sefton Junction Railway[6]
- Sheffield District Railway 4+1⁄2 miles (7 km)[6]
- Originally leased to or worked by the GER
- London and Blackwall Railway 6 miles (9.7 km)[6]
- Originally leased to or worked by the GNR
- East Lincolnshire Railway 47+1⁄2 miles (76 km)[6]
- Horncastle Railway 7+1⁄2 miles (12 km)[6]
- Nottingham and Grantham Railway and Canal 23 miles (37 km)[6]
- Nottingham Suburban line 4 miles (6.4 km)[6]
- Stamford and Essendine Railway 12+1⁄2 miles (20 km)[6]
- Originally leased to or worked by the NBR
- Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway 10+1⁄4 miles (16 km)[6]
- Edinburgh and Northern Railway[6]
- Forth and Clyde Junction Railway 30+1⁄2 miles (49 km)[6]
- Gifford & Garvald Railway 9+1⁄4 miles (15 km)[6]
- Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Railway 3+1⁄4 miles (5 km)[6]
- Kilsyth and Bonnybridge railway 8+1⁄2 miles (14 km) (worked jointly with CalR)[6]
- Lauder Light Railway 10+1⁄4 miles (16 km)[6]
- Newburgh and North Fife Railway 13+1⁄4 miles (21 km)[6]
- Originally leased to or worked by H&BR
- South Yorkshire Junction Railway 11+1⁄2 miles (18 km)[6]
- Originally leased to or worked by several constituent companies
- Nottingham Joint Station Committee[6]
- West Riding and Grimsby Railway 32+1⁄2 miles (52 km)[6]