List of Early British Railway Companies - English and Welsh Early Railways - North

North

  • Maryport and Carlisle Railway (first section) opened 1845. Remained independent until the 1923 Grouping
  • Furness Railway (Furness) (first section) opened 11 August 1846
    • Ulverston and Lancaster Railway opened 1857 amalgamated with Furness in 1862
  • Great Northern Railway incorporated 1846
    • Edgware, Highgate and London Railway incorporated 1862
    • London and York Railway
    • Direct Northern Railway
  • North Eastern Railway (NER) incorporated 1854
    • York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway was York and Newcastle Railway (1846-1847) and Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway (1842-1846)
      • Durham Junction Railway incorporated 1834, amalgamated with N&DJR in 1844
      • Brandling Junction Railway incorporated 1836, amalgamated with N&DJR in 1845
      • Durham and Sunderland Railway incorporated 1834, amalgamated with N&DJR in 1846
      • Pontop and South Shields Railway incorporated 1842, amalgamated with N&DJR in 1846
        • Stanhope and Tyne Railway incorporated 1834, amalgamated with P&SSR in 1842
      • Newcastle and Berwick Railway incorporated 1845, amalgamated with Y&NR in 1847
        • Newcastle and North Shields Railway incorporated 1836, amalgamated with N&BR in 1845
      • Great North of England Railway incorporated 1836, amalgamated with YN&BR in 1850
    • York and North Midland Railway incorporated 1836
      • Leeds and Selby Railway incorporated 1830, amalgamated with Y&NMR in 1844
      • Whitby and Pickering Railway incorporated 1833, amalgamated with Y&NMR in 1845
      • East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway incorporated 1846, amalgamated with Y&NMR in 1852
    • Leeds Northern Railway was Leeds and Thirsk Railway (1845-1849)
    • Malton and Driffield Railway incorporated 1846
    • Dearness Valley Railway incorporated 1855, amalgamated with NER in 1857
    • Hartlepool Dock and Railway incorporated 1832, amalgamated with NER in 1857
    • North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway incorporated 1854, amalgamated with NER in 1858
    • Bedale and Leyburn Railway incorporated 1853, amalgamated with NER in 1859
    • Hull and Holderness Railway incorporated 1853, amalgamated with NER in 1862
    • Newcastle and Carlisle Railway incorporated 1829, amalgamated with NER in 1862
      • Blaydon, Gateshead and Hebburn Railway incorporated 1834, amalgamated with N&CR in 1839
    • Stockton and Darlington Railway incorporated 1821, amalgamated with NER in 1863
      • Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway incorporated 1854, amalgamated with S&DR in 1858
      • Middlesbrough and Guisborough Railway incorporated 1852, amalgamated with S&DR in 1858
      • Middlesbrough and Redcar Railway incorporated 1845, amalgamated with S&DR in 1858
      • Wear Valley Railway incorporated 1845, amalgamated with S&DR in 1858
        • Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway incorporated 1837, amalgamated with WVR in 1847
      • Eden Valley Railway incorporated 1858, amalgamated with S&DR in 1862
      • Frosterley and Stanhope Railway incorporated 1861, amalgamated with S&DR in 1862
      • South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway incorporated 1857, amalgamated with S&DR in 1862
    • Cleveland Railway incorporated 1858, amalgamated with NER in 1865
    • West Hartlepool Harbour and Railway incorporated 1852, amalgamated with NER in 1865
      • Clarence Railway incorporated 1828, amalgamated with WHH&R in 1853
      • Stockton and Hartlepool Railway incorporated 1839, amalgamated with WHH&R in 1853
    • Hull and Hornsea Railway incorporated 1862, amalgamated with NER in 1866
    • West Durham Railway incorporated 1839, amalgamated with NER in 1870
    • Hull and Selby Railway incorporated 1836, amalgamated with NER in 1872
    • Blyth and Tyne Railway incorporated 1852, amalgamated with NER in 1874
    • Hexham and Allendale Railway incorporated 1865, amalgamated with NER in 1876
    • Leeds, Castleford and Pontefract Junction Railway incorporated 1873, amalgamated with NER in 1876
    • Tees Valley Railway incorporated 1865, amalgamated with NER in 1882
    • Hylton, Southwick and Monkwearmouth Railway incorporated 1871, amalgamated with NER in 1883
    • Scotswood, Newburn and Wylam Railway incorporated 1871, amalgamated with NER in 1883
    • Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway incorporated 1866, amalgamated with NER in 1889
    • Wear Valley Extension Railway incorporated 1892, amalgamated with NER in 1893
    • Scarborough & Whitby Railway incorporated 1871, amalgamated with NER in 1898
    • Cawood, Wistow and Selby Light Railway incorporated 1896, amalgamated with NER in 1900
    • Scarborough, Bridlington and West Riding Junction Railway incorporated 1885, amalgamated with NER in 1914
  • Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway incorporated 1847. In 1846 the Liverpool and Bury Railway was amalgamated with the Manchester and Leeds Railway, which became known as The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1847
    • Manchester and Leeds Railway incorporated 1836
    • Manchester and Bolton Railway opened 1838
    • Ashton, Stalybridge and Liverpool Junction Railway 1844
    • Liverpool and Bury Railway 1845
    • East Lancashire Railway opened 1846: a section of this line is now a heritage railway
    • Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole Railway opened 1848
  • London and North Western Railway (LNWR) formed by amalgamation in 1846, there were 45 formerly independent railways within the LNWR, including:
    • Liverpool and Manchester Railway opened 15 September 1830
    • London and Birmingham Railway (first section) opened 20 July 1837; opened throughout 17 September 1838
    • Grand Junction Railway opened 1837
    • Chester and Crewe Railway opened 1846
    • Chester and Holyhead Railway opened 1848 to Bangor 1850 to Holyhead
    • Manchester and Birmingham Railway
    • Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
    • Cromford and High Peak Railway
    • Kendal and Windermere Railway
    • Watford and Rickmansworth Railway opened 1 October 1862 closed 1998 possible reopening (see Watford tube station)

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