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The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British
railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a p ...
company between 1846 and
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. In the late 19th century, the L&NWR was the largest joint stock company in the United Kingdom. In 1923, it became a constituent of the
London, Midland and Scottish The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSIt has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with LNER, GWR and SR. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway's corporate image used LMS, and this is what is generally u ...
(LMS) railway, and, in 1948, the London Midland Region of British Railways: the LNWR is effectively an ancestor of today's West Coast Main Line.


History

The company was formed on 16 July 1846 by the amalgamation of the Grand Junction Railway, London and Birmingham Railway and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway. This move was prompted, in part, by the Great Western Railway's plans for a railway north from
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to Birmingham. The company initially had a network of approximately , connecting London with Birmingham, Crewe, Chester, Liverpool and Manchester. The headquarters were at Euston railway station. As traffic increased, it was greatly expanded with the opening in 1849 of the Great Hall, designed by
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in classical style. It was long, wide and high and cost £150,000 (). The station stood on Drummond Street. Further expansion resulted in two additional platforms in the 1870s with four more in the 1890s, bringing the total to 15. The LNWR described itself as the Premier Line. This was justified, as it included the pioneering Liverpool & Manchester Railway of 1830 and the original LNWR main line linking London, Birmingham and Lancashire had been the first big railway in Britain, opened throughout in 1838. As the largest joint stock company in the United Kingdom, it collected a greater revenue than any other railway company of its era. With the Grand Junction Railway acquisition of the North Union Railway in 1846, the London and North Western Railway operated as far north as Preston. In 1859, the
Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway The Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway opened its twenty-mile line in 1840 in Lancashire, England. The company was not commercially successful. When the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway opened in 1846, the L&PJR became part of a busy trunk rai ...
amalgamated with the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway and this combined enterprise was leased to the London and North Western Railway, giving it a direct route from London to Carlisle. In 1858, they merged with the Chester and Holyhead Railway and became responsible for the lucrative Irish Mail trains via the North Wales Main Line to Holyhead and handled the Irish Mail. On 1 February 1859, the company launched the ''limited mail'' service, which was only allowed to take three passenger coaches, one each for Glasgow, Edinburgh and Perth. The Postmaster General was always willing to allow a fourth coach, provided the increased weight did not cause time to be lost in running. The train was timed to leave Euston at 20.30 and operated until the institution of a dedicated post train, wholly of Post Office vehicles, in 1885. On 1 October 1873 the first sleeping carriage ran between Euston and Glasgow, attached to the ''limited mail''. It ran three nights a week in each direction. On 1 February 1874 a second carriage was provided and the service ran every night. In 1860, the company pioneered the use of the water trough designed by John Ramsbottom. It was introduced on a section of level track at Mochdre, between Llandudno Junction and Colwyn Bay. The company inherited a number of manufacturing facilities from the companies with which it merged, but these were consolidated and in 1862, locomotive construction and maintenance was done at the Crewe Locomotive Works, carriage building was done at
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and wagon building was concentrated at Earlestown. At the core of the LNWR system was the main line network connecting London Euston with the major cities of
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,
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and
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, and (through co-operation with the Caledonian Railway)
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and
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. This route is today known as the West Coast Main Line. A ferry service also linked Holyhead to Greenore in County Louth, where the LNWR owned the Dundalk, Newry and Greenore Railway, which connected to other lines of the Irish mainline network at Dundalk and Newry. The LNWR also had a main line connecting Liverpool and Manchester with
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, and secondary routes extending to
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,
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,
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and South Wales. At its peak, just before
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, it ran a route mileage of more than , and employed 111,000 people. In 1913, the company achieved a total revenue of £17,219,060 () with working expenses of £11,322,164 (). On 1 January 1922, one year before it amalgamated with other railways to create the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS), the LNWR amalgamated with the
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(including its subsidiary the
Dearne Valley Railway The Dearne Valley Railway (DVR) was a railway line which ran through the valley of the River Dearne in South Yorkshire, England. It was incorporated by an Act of Parliament on 6 August 1897, which authorised the building of a line between Bri ...
) and at the same time absorbed the North London Railway and the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company, both of which were previously controlled by the LNWR. With this, the LNWR achieved a route mileage (including joint lines, and lines leased or worked) of . The company built a war memorial in the form of an obelisk outside Euston station to commemorate the 3,719 of its employees who died in the First World War. Following the Second World War, the names of the LMS's casualties were added to the LNWR's memorial.


Electrification

From 1909 to 1922, the LNWR undertook a large-scale project to electrify the whole of its London inner-suburban network. The London and North Western Railway London inner-suburban network, encompassed the lines from London Broad Street to Richmond, London Euston to Watford, with branch lines such as Watford to Croxley Green. There were also links to the District Railway at Earl's Court and over the route to Richmond. With the Bakerloo Tube Line being extended over the Watford DC lines, the railway was electrified at 630 V DC
fourth rail A railway electrification system supplies electric power to railway trains and trams without an on-board prime mover or local fuel supply. Electric railways use either electric locomotives (hauling passengers or freight in separate cars ...
. The electricity was generated at the LNWR's power station in Stonebridge Park and a depot built at Croxley Green.


Successors

The LNWR became a constituent of the
London, Midland and Scottish The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSIt has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with LNER, GWR and SR. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway's corporate image used LMS, and this is what is generally u ...
(LMS) railway when the railways of Great Britain were merged in the
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of 1923. Ex-LNWR lines formed the core of the LMS's Western Division.
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followed in 1948, with the English and Welsh lines of the LMS becoming the London Midland Region of British Railways. Some former LNWR routes were subsequently closed, notably the lines running East to West across the Midlands (e.g.
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to Northampton and to
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), but others were developed as part of the Inter City network, notably the main lines from London to Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Carlisle, collectively known in the modern era as the West Coast Main Line. These were electrified in the 1960s and 1970s, and further upgraded in the 1990s and 2000s, with trains now running at up to 125 mph. Other LNWR lines survive as part of commuter networks around major cities such as Birmingham and Manchester. In 2017 it was announced that the new franchisee for the West Midlands and semi-fast West Coast services between London and North West England would utilise the brand London Northwestern Railway as an homage to the LNWR.


Acquisitions


Locomotives

The LNWR's main engineering works were at
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(locomotives),
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(carriages) and Earlestown (wagons). Locomotives were usually painted green at first, but in 1873 black was adopted as the standard livery. This finish has been described as "blackberry black".


Accidents and incidents

Major accidents on the LNWR include:- *On 26 March 1850, the boiler of a locomotive exploded at
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due to the tampering of the safety valves. One person was injured. *On 30 April 1851 a train returning from Chester Races broke down in Sutton tunnel, and the following train ran into it. Six passengers were killed. *On 6 September 1851 a train run for the Great Exhibition returning from Euston to Oxford derailed at Bicester and six passengers were killed. *On 6 March 1853, the boiler of a locomotive exploded at Longsight,
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. Six people were killed and the engine shed was severely damaged. *On 27 August 1860 a passenger train collided with a goods train at Craven Arms and one passenger was killed. *On 16 November 1860 the Irish night mail ran into a cattle train at Atherstone. The fireman of the mail train, and nine drovers in the cattle train were killed. *On 11 June 1861, a cast-iron bridge collapsed under a freight train at
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. Both engine crew were killed. *On 2 September 1861 a ballast train came out of a siding onto the main line just past Kentish Town Junction without the signalman's permission, and an excursion train from Kew ran past the signals and collided with it, resulting in the deaths of fourteen passengers and two employees. *On 29 June 1867, a passenger train ran into the rear of a coal train at Warrington,
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due to a pointsman's error which was compounded by the lack of interlocking between points and signals. Eight people were killed and 33 were injured. *On 20 August 1868, a rake of wagons ran away from ,
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during shunting operations. The wagons subsequently collided with the ''Irish Mail'' at Abergele, Denbighshire.
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being carried in the wagons set the wreck on fire. Thirty-three people were killed in what was then the deadliest rail accident to have occurred in the
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. *On 14 September 1870, a mail train was diverted into a siding at station,
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due to a signalman's error. The train crashed through the buffers and ended up in the River Anker, killing three people. *In 1870, a North Eastern Railway freight train overran signals and collided with a passenger train at St. Nicholas Crossing,
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. Five people were killed. The driver of the freight train was intoxicated. *On 26 November 1870, a mail train was in a rear-end collision with a freight train at Harrow,
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. Eight people were killed. *On 2 August 1873, a passenger train derailed at Wigan,
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due to excessive speed. Thirteen people were killed and 30 were injured. *On 22 December 1894, a wagon was derailed fouling the main line at , Cheshire. It was run into by an express passenger train, which was derailed. Fourteen people were killed and 48 were injured. *On 15 August 1895, an express passenger train was derailed at , Lancashire due to excessive speed on a curve. One person was killed. *On 12 January 1899, An express freight train was derailed at Penmaenmawr, Caernarfonshire due to the trackbed being washed away by the sea during a storm. Both locomotive crew were killed. *On 15 August 1903, two passenger trains collided at , Lancashire due to faulty points. *On 15 October 1907, a mail train was derailed at ,
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due to excessive speed on a curve. Eighteen people were killed. *On 19 August 1909, a passenger train was derailed at
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, West Yorkshire. Two people were killed. *On 5 December 1910, a passenger train was in a rear-end collision at ,
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. Three people were killed and more than 40 were injured. *On 17 September 1912, the driver of an express train misread signals at Ditton Junction, Cheshire. The train was derailed when it ran over points at an excessive speed. Fifteen people were killed. *On 14 August 1915, an express passenger train was derailed at Weedon, Northamptonshire due to a locomotive defect. Ten people were killed and 21 were injured. *On 11 November 1921, the boiler of a locomotive exploded at Buxton, Derbyshire. Two people were killed. Minor incidents include:- *In 1900, wagons of a permanent way train carrying sleepers were set on fire by the heat of the sun at Earlestown, Lancashire, destroying a number of them.


Ships

The LNWR operated a number of ships on
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crossings between Holyhead and
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,
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, Kingstown or Greenore. At Greenore, the LNWR built and operated the Dundalk, Newry and Greenore Railway to link the port with the Belfast–Dublin line operated by the Great Northern Railway. The LNWR also operated a joint service with the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway from Fleetwood to
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and Derry.


Notable people


Chairmen of the Board of Directors

* 1846–1852 — George Glyn, later 1st
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* 1852–1853 — Major-General George Anson * 1853–1861 — Marquess of Chandos, later 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos * 1861 — Admiral Constantine Richard Moorsom * 1861–1891 — Richard Moon, Sir Richard Moon from 1887 * 1891–1911 — The Lord Stalbridge * 1911–1921 — Gilbert Claughton, Sir Gilbert Claughton from 1912 * 1921–1923 — Hon. Charles N. Lawrence, later
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Members of the Board of Directors

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* Henry Booth *
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* Sir Thomas Brooke, 1st Baronet *
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* William E. Dorrington *
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* Alfred Fletcher *
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* Lieut-Col.
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* The Hon. William Lowther * Brigadier-General
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* Miles MacInnes * Edward Nettlefold * David Plunket, 1st Baron Rathmore * Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of Sutherland * Henry Ward


General Managers

* 1846–1858 — Captain Mark Huish * 1858–1874 — William Cawkwell * 1874–1893 — Sir George Findlay (knighted 1892) * 1893–1908 — Sir Frederick Harrison (knighted in 1902) * 1909–1914 — Sir Frank Ree (knighted 1913) * 1914 — Sir Robert Turnbull (knighted 1913) * 1914–1919 — Sir
Guy Calthrop Sir Calthrop Guy Spencer Calthrop, 1st Baronet (26 March 1870 – 23 February 1919) was a British railway manager. Biography Born in Uppingham, Rutland, his brother was Everard Calthrop, railway engineer. He entered the London and North Wester ...
(made a baronet 1918) * 1919–1920 — Isaac Thomas Williams (knighted c.1919) * 1920–1923 — Arthur Watson


Chief Civil Engineers

* Robert Stephenson until 1859 * William Baker 1859 - 1878 *Francis Stevenson 1879 - 1902 * Edward Baylies Thornhill 1902 - 1909 * Ernest Frederic Crosbie Trench 1909 - 1923 (afterwards chief engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway)


Locomotive Superintendents and Chief Mechanical Engineers

Southern Division: * 1846–1847 — Edward Bury * 1847–1862 — James McConnell North Eastern Division: * 1846–1857 — John Ramsbottom NE Division became part of N Division in 1857. Northern Division: * 1846–1857 — Francis Trevithick * 1857–1862 — John Ramsbottom Northern and Southern Divisions amalgamated from April 1862: * 1862–1871 — John Ramsbottom * 1871–1903 — Francis William Webb * 1903–1909 —
George Whale George Whale (7 December 1842 – 7 March 1910) was an English locomotive engineer who was born in Bocking, Essex, and educated in Lewisham, London. He worked for the London and North Western Railway (LNWR). Career In 1858 he entered the LNWR' ...
* 1909–1920 —
Charles Bowen Cooke Charles John Bowen Cooke (11 January 1859 – 18 October 1920) was born in Orton Longueville (then in Huntingdonshire) and was Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London and North Western Railway (LNWR). He was the first to add superheating ...
* 1920–1921 —
Hewitt Pearson Montague Beames Hewitt Pearson Montague Beames (9 May 1875 – 5 March 1948) was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway from 1920 to 1922. Biography Beames was born in Corfe, near Taunton, Somerset in 1875, son of Indian Army Offi ...
* 1922 — George Hughes (ex-
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)


Solicitors

* 1830–1861 — Samuel Carter, with continuing role for subsidiary companies


Preservation

* Sections of the former L&NWR are preserved as the Battlefield Line Railway, Nene Valley Railway and Northampton & Lamport Railway, the latter giving the name ''Premier Line'' to its quarterly journal.Premier Line
. Northampton and Lamport Railway (26 January 2008). Retrieved 29 December 2010.
* A section of the former L&NWR line and station buildings are preserved at Quainton near Aylesbury. It is administered by the Buckinghamshire Railway preservation Society and houses some original L&NWR rolling stock in the former Oxford Rewley Road station. It regularly runs steam trains using various locomotives.


See also

* Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway * Nickey Line *
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* Rail transport in Great Britain


References

*Reed, M. C. (1996). ''The London & North Western Railway''. Penryn: Atlantic Transport.


Further reading

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1861 edition
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External links

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