North Staffordshire Railway
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The North Staffordshire Railway (known familiarly as 'the Knotty' after its emblem of the famed Staffordshire Knot) was authorised in June 1846. The authorisation was actually three separate acts - one for each component. but they were submitted together. The acts went by the names of the Potteries Railway, the Churnet Valley Railway and the Harecastle and Sandbach Railway.
It managed to retain its independence until the grouping, despite being surrounded by larger competitors.
During its life it absorbed the following companies :
- Caldon Low Tramway
- Potteries, Biddulph and Congleton Railway
- Longton, Adderley Green and Bucknall Railway
- Cheadle Railway
The Silverdale and Newcastle Railway and Sneyd's Railway were leased by it but remained as independent companies until the grouping.
It also absorbed the Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway jointly with the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway.
see London, Midland and Scottish Railway
see also: Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway.
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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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