The Railways Act 1921 (11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. 55), also known as the Grouping Act, was an Act of Parliament enacted by the British government and intended...
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increasingly regulated, for instance under the Railways Act 1921, but was finally nationalised by the Transport Act 1947. Calls for reform of the nationalised...
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and Wales. The Cambrian Railways amalgamated with the Great Western Railway on 1 January 1922 as a result of the Railways Act 1921. The name is continued...
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Southern Railway (SR) The companies were formed as a result of the Railways Act 1921, in a process known as "The Grouping" (of the railways), which came...
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Manchester Railway (L&MR), and the Grouping, the amalgamation of almost all of Britain's many railway companies into the Big Four by the Railways Act 1921. As...
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and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was the second largest (after LMS) of the "Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain. It operated...
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Gauge of Railways Act 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. 57) The Railway Clearing Act 1850 The Railways Act 1873 The Light Railways Act 1896 The Railways Act 1921 The Transport...
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companies that were already being financially supported by the GWR. The Railways Act 1921 brought many new companies into the fold including many successful...
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Under the Railways Act 1921 the majority of the railway companies in Great Britain (along with a few in Northern Ireland) were grouped into four main...
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company to keep its identity through the Railways Act 1921, which amalgamated it with the remaining independent railways within its territory, and it was finally...
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Railways Board. British Railways was formed on 1 January 1948 as a result of the Transport Act 1947, which nationalised the Big Four British railway companies...
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London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) was created under the terms of the Railways Act 1921. The first schedule to that Act listed four groups, and for...
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Clerks' Association (1922). The Reorganisation of British Railways: The Railways Act, 1921 (3rd ed.). Gray's Inn Press. Other publications Baker, B. (1885)...
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Christiansen (1997), p. 76. "Railways Act 1921". Acts of the United Kingdom Parliament. Vol. 1921, no. 55. 19 August 1921. pp. schedule 1. Retrieved 28...
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Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) was a British railway company. It was formed on 1 January 1923 under the Railways Act 1921, which required the grouping...
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Scottish Railway on 1 July 1923 under the Railways Act 1921. Aberdeen Railway opened in stages between 1848 and 1853 Brechin and Edzell District Railway Cathcart...
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the Railways Act 1921 and merged with the London and South Western Railway and the South Eastern and Chatham Railway to form the Southern Railway. (Dates...
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the terms of the Railways Act 1921, the GCR amalgamated with several other railways to create the London and North Eastern Railway. The GCR line was...
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companies. Later, it was amalgamated with other railways to form the London and North Eastern Railway at the Grouping in 1923. Its main line survives...
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of the Railways Act 1921, on 1 January 1923 the North British Railway was one of the seven constituents of the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER)...
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Railways Act 1921 into one or other of four new larger concerns. The Great Northern Railway was a constituent of the London and North Eastern Railway...
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of other companies to form the Southern Railway as a result of the grouping determined by the Railways Act 1921. The LCDR was always in a difficult financial...
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The Highland Railway (HR) was one of the smaller British railways before the Railways Act 1921, operating north of Perth railway station in Scotland and...
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operating the railway. The Midland Railway, and with it the NCC, was grouped by the Railways Act 1921 into the London, Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) in...
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Railways Act 1921 the LSWR amalgamated with other railways to create the Southern Railway, on 1 January 1923, as part of the grouping of the railways...
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the railways. This emerged in the Railways Act 1921, which was to establish four new large railway companies, the "groups", and most of the railways of...
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History of rail transport in Great Britain HM Government (1921). "Railways Act 1921". The Railways Archive. (originally published by HMSO). Retrieved 25 November...
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25 March 1921, the L&YR and LNWR agreed terms under which the two railways would amalgamate. Before this could occur, the Railways Act 1921 became law...
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by the Midland Railway. The station came under ownership of the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) following the Railways Act 1921, and was shared...
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Packet Company. In 1923 the railways of Great Britain were "grouped" under the Railways Act 1921 and the Caledonian Railway was a constituent of the newly...
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