London and North Western Railway
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The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) was formed in 1846 by the merger of three railway companies - the Grand Junction Railway, London and Birmingham and Manchester and Birmingham. It was known as the 'Premier Line' - though disputed by many it may be thought that it deserved this title as the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the first passenger railway in the world, was one of its ancestors (through its merger with the Grand Junction Railway). As the largest joint stock company in the United Kingdom, it collected a greater revenue than any other company. It served some of Britain’s largest cities, London, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, and (through co-operation with the Caledonian Railway) Glasgow and Edinburgh. It also handled the Irish Mail for the Government between Euston and Holyhead.
Shortly before the grouping (actually on 1st January 1922) the LNWR merged with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, the resulting company continuing to use the name London and North Western Railway.
The new LNWR formed the major constituent of the London, Midland and Scottish (LMS) railway when the railways of Great Britain were merged in the grouping of 1923.
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| Major constituent railway companies of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway: |
Caledonian |
Furness |
Lancashire & Yorkshire |
Glasgow & South Western |
London and North Western |
Midland |
North Staffordshire |
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