Ancillary Activities
The LNER inherited:
- 8 canals, including the Ashton; Chesterfield; Macclesfield; Nottingham & Grantham; Peak Forest
- Docks and harbours in 20 locations, including the North East coast ports (Grimsby, Hartlepool, Hull, Immingham, Middlesbrough), some eastern Scottish ports, Harwich, Lowestoft and London
- Other wharves, staithes, piers
- 2 electric tramways
- 23 hotels
- A 49% stake in the haulage firm Mutter, Howey & Co. Ltd.
It took shares in a large number of local bus companies, including for a time a majority stake in United Automobile Services Ltd. In Halifax and Sheffield, it participated in Joint Omnibus Committees with the LMS and the Corporation.
In 1935, with the LMS, Wilson Line of Hull and others it formed the shipping company Associated Humber Lines Ltd.
In 1938 it was reported that the LNER, with 800 mechanical horse tractors, was the world's largest owner of this vehicle type.
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