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The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a railway company of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 which existed between 1846 and 1922. It was created by the merger of three railway companies - the Grand Junction Railway
Grand Junction Railway

The Grand Junction Railway was an early railway company in the United Kingdom, which existed between 1833 and 1846. The line built by the company was the first trunk railway to be completed in England, and arguably the world's first long-distance railway....
, the London and Birmingham Railway
London and Birmingham Railway

The London and Birmingham Railway was an early railway company in the United Kingdom from 1833 until 1846, at which date it became a constituent part of the London and North Western Railway....
 and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway
Manchester and Birmingham Railway

The Manchester and Birmingham Railway was built between Manchester and Crewe and opened in stages from 1840. Between Crewe and Birmingham, trains were worked by the Grand Junction Railway....
, and is effectively an ancestor of today's West Coast Main Line
West Coast Main Line

The West Coast Main Line is a busy mixed-traffic railway route in the United Kingdom. It is central to the provision of fast, long-distance Intercity passenger services between London, the West Midlands , the North West England, North Wales and southern Scotland....
. During the late 19th century the L&NWR was the largest joint stock company
Joint stock company

A joint stock company is a type of business entity: it is a type of corporation or partnership between two. Certificates of ownership are issued by the company in return for each contribution, and the shareholders are free to transfer their ownership interest at any time by selling their stockholding to others....
 in the world.

LNWR was known as the 'Premier Line'. Though disputed by many, it may be thought that it deserved this title because the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Liverpool and Manchester Railway

The Liverpool and Manchester Railway was the world's first inter-city passenger railway in which all the trains were timetabled and were hauled for most of the distance solely by steam locomotives....
, the first passenger railway in the world, was one of its ancestors through its merger with the Grand Junction Railway
Grand Junction Railway

The Grand Junction Railway was an early railway company in the United Kingdom, which existed between 1833 and 1846. The line built by the company was the first trunk railway to be completed in England, and arguably the world's first long-distance railway....
.

As the largest joint stock company
Joint stock company

A joint stock company is a type of business entity: it is a type of corporation or partnership between two. Certificates of ownership are issued by the company in return for each contribution, and the shareholders are free to transfer their ownership interest at any time by selling their stockholding to others....
 in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, it collected a greater revenue than any other company.






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The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a railway company of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 which existed between 1846 and 1922. It was created by the merger of three railway companies - the Grand Junction Railway
Grand Junction Railway

The Grand Junction Railway was an early railway company in the United Kingdom, which existed between 1833 and 1846. The line built by the company was the first trunk railway to be completed in England, and arguably the world's first long-distance railway....
, the London and Birmingham Railway
London and Birmingham Railway

The London and Birmingham Railway was an early railway company in the United Kingdom from 1833 until 1846, at which date it became a constituent part of the London and North Western Railway....
 and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway
Manchester and Birmingham Railway

The Manchester and Birmingham Railway was built between Manchester and Crewe and opened in stages from 1840. Between Crewe and Birmingham, trains were worked by the Grand Junction Railway....
, and is effectively an ancestor of today's West Coast Main Line
West Coast Main Line

The West Coast Main Line is a busy mixed-traffic railway route in the United Kingdom. It is central to the provision of fast, long-distance Intercity passenger services between London, the West Midlands , the North West England, North Wales and southern Scotland....
. During the late 19th century the L&NWR was the largest joint stock company
Joint stock company

A joint stock company is a type of business entity: it is a type of corporation or partnership between two. Certificates of ownership are issued by the company in return for each contribution, and the shareholders are free to transfer their ownership interest at any time by selling their stockholding to others....
 in the world.

Overview

The LNWR was known as the 'Premier Line'. Though disputed by many, it may be thought that it deserved this title because the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Liverpool and Manchester Railway

The Liverpool and Manchester Railway was the world's first inter-city passenger railway in which all the trains were timetabled and were hauled for most of the distance solely by steam locomotives....
, the first passenger railway in the world, was one of its ancestors through its merger with the Grand Junction Railway
Grand Junction Railway

The Grand Junction Railway was an early railway company in the United Kingdom, which existed between 1833 and 1846. The line built by the company was the first trunk railway to be completed in England, and arguably the world's first long-distance railway....
.

As the largest joint stock company
Joint stock company

A joint stock company is a type of business entity: it is a type of corporation or partnership between two. Certificates of ownership are issued by the company in return for each contribution, and the shareholders are free to transfer their ownership interest at any time by selling their stockholding to others....
 in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, it collected a greater revenue than any other company. It served some of Britain's largest cities: Birmingham
Birmingham

Birmingham is a city status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. Birmingham is the most populous of England's English Core Cities Group, and is the List of United Kingdom cities by population British city after London, with a population of 1,010,200 ....
, Leeds
Leeds

Leeds is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England. It is the urban core and administrative centre of the wider metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds....
, Liverpool
Liverpool

Liverpool [] is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a History of borough status in England and Wales in 1207 and was granted City status in the United Kingdom in 1880....
, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, Manchester
Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. Manchester was granted City status in the United Kingdom in 1853....
, and (through co-operation with the Caledonian Railway
Caledonian Railway

The Caledonian Railway was a major Scotland railway company operating in Scotland. It was formed in the early 19th century and it was absorbed almost a century later into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, in the 1923 railway grouping, by means of the Railways Act 1921....
) Edinburgh
Edinburgh

Edinburgh ; is the Capital city of Scotland, a position it has held since 1437. It is the seventh largest city in the United Kingdom and the second largest Scottish City status in the United Kingdom after Glasgow....
 and Glasgow
Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and List of largest United Kingdom settlements by population in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's Scottish Lowlands....
. It also handled the Irish Mail for the Government between Euston
Euston station

Euston station may refer to one of the following stations in London, United Kingdom:*Euston railway station*Euston tube station...
 and Holyhead
Holyhead

Holyhead is the List of Anglesey towns by population in the county of Anglesey in the north west of Wales.Although it is the largest town in the county, with a population of 11,237 , it is neither the county town nor actually on the island of Anglesey....
.

Minor lines

  • Victoria Tunnel (Liverpool)
    Victoria Tunnel (Liverpool)

    The Victoria Tunnel in Liverpool, England is a 2,475 metre long rail tunnel. Opened in 1849, its eastern portal is adjacent to Edge Hill station....
    , opened 1849
  • Canada Dock Branch
    Canada Dock Branch

    The Canada Dock Branch is a 4 mile 59 Chain long railway line in Liverpool, England, built by the London and North Western Railway ....
     from Edge Hill railway station
    Edge Hill railway station

    Edge Hill railway station serves the district of Edge Hill, Liverpool in Liverpool, England.There have been two stations of that name. The first was located a short distance to the southwest of the present station and its remains are still visible, although the site is not open to the public....
     on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
    Liverpool and Manchester Railway

    The Liverpool and Manchester Railway was the world's first inter-city passenger railway in which all the trains were timetabled and were hauled for most of the distance solely by steam locomotives....
     through northern Liverpool
    Liverpool

    Liverpool [] is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a History of borough status in England and Wales in 1207 and was granted City status in the United Kingdom in 1880....
     to Canada Dock, opened in 1866

Acquisitions

  • Anglesey Central Railway
    Anglesey Central Railway

    The Anglesey Central Railway was a 17.5 mile long railway in Anglesey, Wales, connecting the port of Amlwch and the county town of Llangefni with the North Wales Coast Line at Gaerwen....
    , 1876
  • Aylesbury Railway , 1846
  • Bedford and Cambridge Railway, 1865
  • Birkenhead Railway
    Birkenhead Railway

    The Birkenhead Railway was formed on 1 August 1859 as a result of the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Railway merging with the Chester and Birkenhead Railway....
    , 1861 (jointly with GWR
    Great Western Railway

    The Great Western Railway was a History of rail transport in Great Britain that linked London with the south west and west of England and most of Wales....
    )
  • Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway, 1847
  • Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway, 1869
  • Brynmawr and Western Valleys Railway, 1902 (jointly with GWR
    GWR

    GWR is an acronym that can stand for:* The Great Western Railway Company of Great Britain, or its nickname "God's Wonderful Railway"* The Great Western Railway of Saskatchewan, Canada...
    )
  • Buckinghamshire Railway
    Buckinghamshire Railway

    The Buckinghamshire Railway was a railway in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, England that provided services between Bletchley and Banbury, and between Bletchley and Oxford....
     , 1847
  • Cannock Chase Railway, 1863
  • Cannock Mineral Railway
    Cannock Mineral Railway

    The Cannock Mineral Railway ran from a junction with the South Staffordshire Railway at Cannock though Cannock Chase to a junction with the Trent Valley Line at Rugeley....
    , 1869
  • Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway, 1870
  • Carnarvonshire Railway
    Carnarvonshire Railway

    The Carnarvonshire Railway was a railway connecting Caernarfon railway station with Afon Wen....
    , 1870
  • Central Wales Railway, 1868
  • Central Wales and Carmarthen Junction Railway, 1891
  • Central Wales Extension Railway, 1868
  • Chester and Holyhead Railway
    Chester and Holyhead Railway

    The Chester and Holyhead Railway was incorporated out of a proposal to link Holyhead, the traditional port for the Irish Mail with London by way of the existing Chester and Crewe Railway, and what is now the West Coast Main Line....
    , 1858
  • Cockermouth and Workington Railway
    Cockermouth and Workington Railway

    The Cockermouth & Workington Railway was a railway between the towns of Workington and Cockermouth established by Act of Parliament in 1845. A single-tracked line of eight and a half miles length, it was built primarily to carry coals from the pits of West Cumberland to the port at Workington for shipment by sea....
    , 1866
  • Conway and Llanrwst Railway
    Conway and Llanrwst Railway

    The Conway and Llanrwst Railway was a standard gauge railway built to connect the Wales coastal town of Conway, nowadays addressed by its Welsh name of,Conwy with the inland towns of Llanrwst and Betws y Coed....
    , 1867
  • Cromford and High Peak Railway
    Cromford and High Peak Railway

    The Cromford and High Peak Railway in Derbyshire, England, was completed in 1831, to carry minerals and goods between the Cromford Canal at Cromford Wharf and the Peak Forest Canal at Whaley Bridge....
    , 1862
  • Denbigh, Ruthin and Corwen Railway
    Denbigh, Ruthin and Corwen Railway

    |}The Denbigh, Ruthin and Corwen Railway was a standard-gauge line which connected Corwen with Denbigh via Ruthin.At Corwen railway station the line connected with the Ruabon Barmouth Line....
    , 1879
  • Fleetwood, Preston and West Riding Junction Railway, 1867 (jointly with Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
    Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway

    The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway was a major History of rail transport in Great Britain before the Railways Act 1921. It was Incorporation_#Incorporation_in_the_United_Kingdom in 1847 from an amalgamation of several existing Rail transport....
    )
  • Hampstead Junction Railway, 1867
  • Harrow and Stanmore Railway, 1899
  • Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 1847
  • Knighton Railway, 1863
  • Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
    Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway

    The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway was a major History of rail transport in Great Britain before the Railways Act 1921. It was Incorporation_#Incorporation_in_the_United_Kingdom in 1847 from an amalgamation of several existing Rail transport....
    , 1921
  • Lancashire Union Railway, 1883 (jointly with Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
    Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway

    The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway was a major History of rail transport in Great Britain before the Railways Act 1921. It was Incorporation_#Incorporation_in_the_United_Kingdom in 1847 from an amalgamation of several existing Rail transport....
    )
  • Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
    Lancaster and Carlisle Railway

    The Lancaster and Carlisle Railway was a British railway company authorised on 6 June 1844 to build a line between Lancaster, England and Carlisle in Northern England....
    , 1859
  • Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester Railway, 1847
  • Ludlow and Clee Hill Railway, 1892 (jointly with GWR
    GWR

    GWR is an acronym that can stand for:* The Great Western Railway Company of Great Britain, or its nickname "God's Wonderful Railway"* The Great Western Railway of Saskatchewan, Canada...
    )
  • Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway, 1849 (jointly with Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway
    Sheffield, Ashton-Under-Lyne and Manchester Railway

    The Sheffield, Ashton-Under-Lyne and Manchester Railway was an early United Kingdom railway company which opened in stages between 1841 and 1845 between Sheffield and Manchester via Ashton-Under-Lyne....
    )
  • Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway
    Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway

    |}The Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway was a railway company operating between 1860 and 1958 between the towns of Merthyr Tydfil, Tredegar and Abergavenny through the counties of Glamorganshire, Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire in south east Wales....
    , 1862
  • Nerquis Railway, 1866
  • Newport Pagnell Railway, 1875
  • North and South Western Junction Railway
    North and South Western Junction Railway

    The North & South Western Junction Railway was a railway situated in west London, England. It was authorised in 1851 to connect the London & North Western Railway at Willesden Junction railway station with the London & South Western Railway Hounslow Loop Line at Old Kew Junction....
    , 1871 (jointly with the Midland Railway
    Midland Railway

    The Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom, which existed from 1844 to 1922 when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway....
     and the North London Railway
    North London Railway

    The North London Railway was a railway company that opened various lines connecting the north of London to the East India Docks and West India Docks, the core route later becoming the basis of the North London Line....
    )
  • North London Railway
    North London Railway

    The North London Railway was a railway company that opened various lines connecting the north of London to the East India Docks and West India Docks, the core route later becoming the basis of the North London Line....
    , 1909 (NLR retained own Board)
  • Oldham, Ashton-under-Lyne and Guide Bridge Railway, 1862 (jointly with the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
    Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway

    The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway was formed, by amalgamation in 1847. The MS&LR changed its name to the Great Central Railway in 1897 in anticipation of the opening in 1899 of its Great Central Main Line....
    )
  • Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Railway, 1885 (jointly with Midland Railway
    Midland Railway

    The Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom, which existed from 1844 to 1922 when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway....
    , Caledonian Railway
    Caledonian Railway

    The Caledonian Railway was a major Scotland railway company operating in Scotland. It was formed in the early 19th century and it was absorbed almost a century later into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, in the 1923 railway grouping, by means of the Railways Act 1921....
     and Glasgow and South Western Railway
    Glasgow and South Western Railway

    The Glasgow and South Western Railway , one of the pre-Railways Act 1921, served a triangular area of south-west Scotland, between Glasgow, Stranraer and Carlisle....
    )
  • Preston and Wyre Railway, 1847 (jointly with Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
    Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway

    The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway was a major History of rail transport in Great Britain before the Railways Act 1921. It was Incorporation_#Incorporation_in_the_United_Kingdom in 1847 from an amalgamation of several existing Rail transport....
    )
  • St George's Harbour, 1861
  • St Helens Canal and Railway, 1864
  • Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway
    Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway

    The Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway was a joint railway owned by the Great Western Railway The line was built between 1850 and 1853....
    , 1862 (jointly with GWR
    GWR

    GWR is an acronym that can stand for:* The Great Western Railway Company of Great Britain, or its nickname "God's Wonderful Railway"* The Great Western Railway of Saskatchewan, Canada...
     and West Midland Railway)
  • Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway
    Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway

    The Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway was a standard gauge railway which connected the towns of Shrewsbury and Welshpool. It opened in 1861 and the majority of the railway remains in use in 2008....
    , 1864 (jointly with GWR
    GWR

    GWR is an acronym that can stand for:* The Great Western Railway Company of Great Britain, or its nickname "God's Wonderful Railway"* The Great Western Railway of Saskatchewan, Canada...
     from 1865)
  • Shropshire Union Railways and Canal, 1847
  • Sirhowy Railway, 1876
  • South Leicestershire Railway, 1867
  • South Staffordshire Railway
    South Staffordshire Railway

    The South Staffordshire Railway was the railway company responsible for building several lines in and around the area of Staffordshire, England....
    , 1861
  • Stockport, Disley and Whaley Bridge Railway
    Stockport, Disley and Whaley Bridge Railway

    The Stockport, Disley and Whaley Bridge Railway was an early railway company in England which was opened in 1857 between Stockport railway station and Whaley Bridge railway station....
    , 1866
  • Trent Valley Railway, 1847
  • Tenbury Railway, 1866 (jointly with GWR
    GWR

    GWR is an acronym that can stand for:* The Great Western Railway Company of Great Britain, or its nickname "God's Wonderful Railway"* The Great Western Railway of Saskatchewan, Canada...
     from 1869)
  • Vale of Clwyd Railway
    Vale of Clwyd Railway

    |}The Vale of Clwyd Railway was a standard-gauge line which connected the towns of Rhyl and Denbigh via St. Asaph.At Rhyl railway station the line connected with the North Wales Coast Line....
    , 1867
  • Vale of Towy Railway
    Vale of Towy Railway

    The Vale of Towy Railway was a Wales railway that provided an 11.25 mile-long extension of the Llanelly Railway from Llandeilo to Llandovery. It was incorporated by Act of Parliament of 10 July 1854 and opened on 1 April 1858....
    , 1884 (jointly with GWR
    GWR

    GWR is an acronym that can stand for:* The Great Western Railway Company of Great Britain, or its nickname "God's Wonderful Railway"* The Great Western Railway of Saskatchewan, Canada...
     from 1889)
  • Warrington and Stockport Railway, 1859
  • Watford and Rickmansworth Railway
    Watford and Rickmansworth Railway

    The Watford and Rickmansworth Railway Company was a short-lived company that ran services between Watford and Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire, England....
    , 1881
  • West London Extension Railway, 1859 (jointly with GWR
    GWR

    GWR is an acronym that can stand for:* The Great Western Railway Company of Great Britain, or its nickname "God's Wonderful Railway"* The Great Western Railway of Saskatchewan, Canada...
    , LSWR and LBSCR)
  • Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway
    Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway

    The Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway was a standard gauge railway in Cumberland, England. It opened for goods traffic in 1855 and for passenger traffic in 1857....
    , 1877 (jointly with Furness Railway
    Furness Railway

    The Furness Railway was a railway company operating in the Furness area of north-west England....
     from 1878)
  • Whitehaven Junction Railway, 1866


Locomotives

Main article: Locomotives of the London and North Western Railway
Locomotives of the London and North Western Railway

Locomotives of the London and North Western Railway. The LNWR was headquartered at Crewe....
The LNWR's main engineering works were at Crewe (locomotives) and Wolverton
Wolverton railway works

Wolverton railway works was established in Wolverton , Buckinghamshire#Ceremonial County, by the London and Birmingham Railway Company in 1838 at the midpoint of the 112 mile-long route from London to Birmingham....
 (carriages and wagons). The locomotive livery is described as 'blackberry black'.

Electrification

Main article: LNWR electric units
LNWR electric units

During 1909-1922, the London and North Western Railway embarked on a large-scale project to electrify their whole London inner-suburban network, encompassing the lines from London Euston to Watford Junction railway station and the North London Railway from Broad Street railway station to Richmond station ....
From 1909-1922, the LNWR undertook a large-scale project to electrify
Railway electrification system

A Railway electrification system supplies Electric potential energy to railway locomotives and multiple units so that they can operate without having an on-board Prime mover ....
 the whole of its London inner-suburban network.

Notable people


Chairmen of the Board of Directors


  • 1846-1852 - George Carr Glyn, later 1st Baron Wolverton
  • 1852-1853 - Major-General George Anson
  • 1853-1861 - Richard Temple-Grenville, Marquis of Chandos, later 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
  • 1861 - Admiral Constantine Richard Moorsom
    Constantine Richard Moorsom

    Constantine Richard Moorsom was a Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy. He commanded HMS Fury a Hecla class bomb vessel bomb vessel which saw wartime service in the Bombardment of Algiers, an attack on Barbary pirates at Algiers in HMS Fury in August, 1816....
  • 1861–1891 — Richard Moon, Sir Richard from 1887
  • 1891–1911 — Richard de Aquila Grosvenor, 1st Baron Stalbridge
  • 1911-1921 - Gilbert Henry Claughton, Sir Gilbert from 1912
  • 1921-1923 - Charles Napier Lawrence, later Lord Lawrence of Kingsgate


General Managers

  • 1846-1858 - Captain Mark Huish
  • 1858-1874 - William Cawkwell
  • 1874–1893 - George Findlay
  • 1893-1908 - Frederick Harrison
  • 1909-1914 - Frank Ree
  • 1914 - Robert Turnbull
  • 1914-1919 - Guy Calthrop
  • 1919-1920 - Isaac Thomas Williams
  • 1920-1923 - Arthur Watson


Locomotive Superintendents and Chief Mechanical Engineers

Southern Division:
  • 1846-1847 - Edward Bury
  • 1847-1862 - James Edward McConnell


Northern Division:
  • 1846-1857 - Francis Trevithick
    Francis Trevithick

    Francis Trevithick , from Camborne, Cornwall, was one of the first locomotive engineers of the London and North Western Railway ....
  • 1857–1862 — John Ramsbottom
    John Ramsbottom (engineer)

    John Ramsbottom was an England mechanical engineer who created many inventions for railways, including the Ramsbottom safety valve, the displacement lubricator, and the track pan....


Divisions amalgamated from April 1862:
  • 1862-1871 - John Ramsbottom
    John Ramsbottom (engineer)

    John Ramsbottom was an England mechanical engineer who created many inventions for railways, including the Ramsbottom safety valve, the displacement lubricator, and the track pan....
  • 1871–1903 — Francis William Webb
  • 1903–1909 — George Whale
    George Whale

    George Whale was a British locomotive engineer who worked for the London and North Western Railway .Whale was born in Bocking, Essex. In 1858 he entered Wolverton railway works under James Edward McConnell, and from 1862 under John Ramsbottom ....
  • 1909–1920 — Charles John Bowen Cooke
  • 1920–1921 — Hewitt Pearson Montague Beames
  • 1922 — George Hughes
    George Hughes (engineer)

    George Hughes was a locomotive engineer, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.Steam locomotives...
     (ex-Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
    Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway

    The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway was a major History of rail transport in Great Britain before the Railways Act 1921. It was Incorporation_#Incorporation_in_the_United_Kingdom in 1847 from an amalgamation of several existing Rail transport....
    )


Successors

The LNWR became a constituent of the London, Midland and Scottish
London, Midland and Scottish Railway

The London Midland and Scottish Railway was a United Kingdom railway company. It was formed on 1 January 1923 under the Railways Act 1921, which required the grouping of over 300 separate railway companies into just four....
 (LMS) railway when the railways of Great Britain
Great Britain

Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population....
 were merged in the grouping
Railways Act 1921

The Railways Act of 1921, also known as the Grouping Act, was an Act of Parliament by the British government of David Lloyd George intended to stem the losses being made by many of the country's 120 railway companies, move the railways away from internal competition, and to retain some of the benefits which the country had derived from...
 of 1923. ex-LNWR lines formed the core of the LMS's Western Division.

Nationalisation followed in 1948, with the LMS becoming the London Midland Region of British Railways
London Midland Region of British Railways

For the modern day train operating company see London MidlandThe London Midland Region was one of the six regions created on the formation of the nationalised British Railways and consisted of ex-London, Midland and Scottish Railway lines in England and Wales....
. Some former LNWR routes were subsequently closed, notably the lines running East to West across the Midlands (eg Peterborough
Peterborough

Peterborough is a cathedral city and unitary authority area in the East of England, with an estimated population of as of June 2006. For ceremonial counties of England purposes it is in the Counties of England of Cambridgeshire....
 to Northampton
Northampton

Northampton is a large market town and Non-metropolitan district in the East Midlands region of England. It is about north-west of London and around south-east of Birmingham, and lies on the River Nene....
 and Cambridge
Cambridge

The city status in the United Kingdom of Cambridge is a College town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about 50 miles north of London....
 to Oxford
Oxford

Oxford is a City status in the United Kingdom, and the county town of Oxfordshire, in South East England. It has a population of 151,000. The rivers River Cherwell and River Thames run through Oxford and meet south of the city centre....
), but others were developed as part of the Inter City network
InterCity (British Rail)

InterCity was introduced by British Rail in 1966 as a brand-name for its long-haul express passenger services .In 1986 the British Railways Board divided its operations into a number of sectors ....
, with the main lines from London to Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Carlisle electrified in the 1960s and 1970s with trains now running up to 125 mph. Other lines survive as part of commuter networks around major cities such as Birmingham and Manchester.

Preservation

  • Sections of the former L&NWR are preserved
    List of British heritage and private railways

    This list of British heritage and private railways is intended as a list of Rail transport in Great Britain and the Channel Islands that are privately owned or kept, built and run for heritage railway....
     as the Nene Valley Railway
    Nene Valley Railway

    The Nene Valley Railway is a Heritage railway in Cambridgeshire, England, running between Peterborough Nene Valley railway station and Yarwell Junction....
     and Northampton & Lamport Railway
    Northampton & Lamport Railway

    The Northampton & Lamport Railway is a standard gauge List of British heritage and private railways in Northamptonshire, England. It is based at Pitsford and Brampton railway station, near the villages of Pitsford and Chapel Brampton, roughly north of Northampton....
    , the latter giving the name Premier Line to its quarterly journal .


See also


  • Rail transport in Great Britain
    Rail transport in Great Britain

    The railway system in Great Britain is the oldest in the world. It consists of of standard gauge track, of which 3062 is Railway electrification in Great Britain....
  • The Nicky Line
  • Croxley Rail Link
    Croxley Rail Link

    The Croxley Rail Link is a railway engineering proposal to re-route part of a London Underground line in Hertfordshire, outside London, United Kingdom....


External links