Timeline: Railway Companies

Railways Timeline

A list of the UK Railway Companies, with the date they first opened (or partly opened), and what became of them.

Opened	Name of Railway	What became of it
1798	Llandegai Tramway	1802 >> Penrhyn Quarry Railway
1802	Merthyr Tramroad	1804 Trevithick's steam engine trial
1802	Penrhyn Quarry Railway	1962 Closed
1803	Surrey Iron Railway	1805 >> Croydon, Merstham and Godstone Iron Railway
1804	Swansea and Mumbles Railway	Aka as Oystermouth Railway
1805	Croydon, Merstham and Godstone Iron Railway	1938 Closed
1806	Carmarthenshire Railway	1875 Replaced by the Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway
1810	Gloucester and Cheltenham Railway	1836 >> Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway
1812	Middleton Colliery Railway	First steam locomotive was Salamanca
1812	Kilmarnock and Troon Railway	1899 >> Glasgow and South Western Railway
1813	Wylam Colliery
1813	Severn and Wye Railway	1893 >> Midland Railway and Great Western Railway
1814	Killingworth Colliery
1814	Llanvihangel Railway	1846 >> Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway
1815	Radstock Tramway
1818/19	Grosmont Railway	1846 >> Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway
1819	Mansfield and Pinxton Railway	1847 >> Midland Railway
1822	Hetton Colliery Railway
1823	Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway	1883 >> Parts sold to Princetown Railway and London and South Western Railway
1825	Stockton and Darlington Railway	1863 >> North Eastern Railway
1826	Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway	1848 >> Monkland Railways
1826	Stratford and Moreton Tramway	1868 >> Great Western Railway
1828	Ballochney Railway	1848 >> Monkland Railways
1829	Bolton and Leigh Railway	1845 >> Grand Junction Railway
1829	Shutt End Railway	aka Pensnett Railway
1829	Hereford Railway	1846 >> Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway
1830	Liverpool and Manchester Railway	1845 >> Grand Junction Railway
1830	Canterbury and Whitstable Railway	1844 >> South Eastern Railway
1831	Glasgow and Garnkirk Railway	1862/87 >> Caledonian Railway
1831	Warrington and Newton Railway	1838 >> Grand Junction Railway
1831	Cromford and High Peak Railway	1887 >> London and North Western Railway
1831	Kenyon and Leigh Railway	1845 >> Grand Junction Railway
1831	Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway	1845 >> North British Railway
1832	Leicester and Swannington Railway	1845 >> Midland Railway
1833	St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap Railway	1864 >> London and North Western Railway
1833	Clarence Railway	1852 >> West Hartlepool Railway
1834	Leeds and Selby Railway	1854 >> North Eastern Railway
1834	Stanhope and Tyne Railway	1841 >> Pontop and South Shields Railway
1834	Hull and Selby Railway	1854 >> North Eastern Railway
1834	Dublin and Kingstown Railway
1836	London and Greenwich Railway	1845 >> South Eastern Railway
1836	Durham and Sunderland Railway	1847 >> Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway
1837	Grand Junction Railway	1846 >> London and North Western Railway
1837	London and Birmingham Railway	1846 >> London and North Western Railway
1838	London and Southampton Railway	1839 >> London and South Western Railway
1838	Durham Junction Railway	1844 >> Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway
1838	Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal Navigation and Railway	1846 >> Manchester and Leeds Railway
1838	Newcastle and Carlisle Railway	1862 >> North Eastern Railway
1838	North Union Railway	1846 >> Grand Junction Railway
1838	Sheffield and Rotherham Railway	1845 >> Midland Railway
1838	Birmingham, Bristol and Thames Junction Railway	1844 >> West London Railway
1839	Manchester and Leeds Railway	1847 >> Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
1839	Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway	1844 >> Midland Railway
1839	York and North Midland Railway	1854 >> North Eastern Railway
1839	Great Western Railway
1839	Midland Counties Railway	1844 >> Midland Railway
1839	London and Croydon Railway	1846 >> London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
1839	London and South Western Railway	1923 >> Southern Railway
1839	Ulster Railway	1876 >> Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
1839	Eastern Counties Railway	1902 >> Great Eastern Railway
1839	Brandling Junction Railway	1844 >> Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway
1839	Newcastle and North Shields Railway	1845 >> Newcastle and Berwick Railway
1839	York and North Midland Railway	1854 >> North Eastern Railway
1839	London and Blackwall Railway	1923 >> London and North Eastern Railway
1840	North Midland Railway	1844 >> Midland Railway
1840	Slamannan Railway	1848 >> Monkland Railways
1840	Birmingham and Gloucester Railway	1845 >> Birmingham and Bristol Railway
1840	Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway	1844 >> Great Western Railway
1840	Chester and Birkenhead Railway	1847 >> Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway
1840	Chester and Crewe Railway	1840 >> Grand Junction Railway
1840	Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway	1859 >> Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
1840	Manchester and Birmingham Railway	1846 >> London and North Western Railway
1840	Northern and Eastern Railway	1902 >> Great Eastern Railway
1840	Preston and Wyre Joint Railway	1923 >> London, Midland and Scottish Railway
1840	Taff Vale Railway	1923 >> Great Western Railway
1840	Stockton and Hartlepool Railway	1852 >> West Hartlepool Railway
1841	London and Brighton Railway	1846 >> London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
1841	South Eastern Railway
1841	Bolton and Preston Railway	1844 >> Northern Union Railway
1841	Great North of England Railway	1846 >> Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway
1841	Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway	1847 >> Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
1844	Midland Railway	1923 >> London, Midland and Scottish Railway
1844	Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway	1846 >> York and Newcastle Railway
1844	North British Railway	1923 >> London and North Eastern Railway
1844	Dublin and Drogheda Railway	1875 >> Northern Railway of Ireland
1844	West London Railway	1923 >> Great Western Railway and London, Midland and Scottish Railway
1845	Brighton and Chichester Railway	1846 >> London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
1845	Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness Railway	1849 >> Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
1845	Birmingham and Bristol Railway	1846 >> Midland Railway
1845	Maryport and Carlisle Railway	1923 >> London, Midland and Scottish Railway
1846	London and North Western Railway	1923 >> London, Midland and Scottish Railway
1846	Brighton Lewes and Hastings Railway	1846 >> London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
1846	Croydon and Epsom Railway	1846 >> London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
1846	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway	1923 >> Southern Railway
1846	North British Railway	1923 >> London and North Eastern Railway
1846	Great North of Scotland Railway	1923 >> London and North Eastern Railway
1846	Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway	1860 >> West Midland Railway
1846	Lancaster and Carlisle Railway	1879 >> London and North Western Railway
1846	South Devon Railway	1876 >> Great Western Railway
1846	Eastern Union Railway	1862 >> Great Eastern Railway
1847	York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway	1854 >> North Eastern Railway
1847	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway	1922 >> London and North Western Railway
1847	Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway	1897 >> Great Central Railway
1847	Newcastle and Berwick Railway	1847 >> York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway
1847	York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway	1854 >> North Eastern Railway
1848	Monkland Railways	1865 >> Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
1848	Great Northern Railway	1823 >> London and North Eastern Railway
1848	Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway	1859 >> Birkenhead Railway
1849	Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway
1849	Leeds Northern Railway	1854 >> North Eastern Railway
1849	Edinburgh and Hawick Railway	1923 >> London and North Eastern Railway
1850	East and West India Docks and Birmingham Junction Railway	1853 >> North London Railway
1850	Glasgow and South Western Railway	1923 >> London, Midland and Scottish Railway
1850	Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway	1860 >> West Midland Railway
1852	West Hartlepool Railway	1865 >> North Eastern Railway
1853	Malton and Driffield Railway	1854 >> North Eastern Railway
1853	North London Railway	1908 >> London and North Western Railway
1854	North Eastern Railway	1923 >> London and North Eastern Railway
1854	Halesworth, Beccles and Haddiscoe Railway	1854 >> East Suffolk Railway
1858	East Kent Railway	1859 >> London, Chatham and Dover Railway
1859	London, Chatham and Dover Railway	1923 >> Southern Railway
1859	Llanidloes and Newtown Railway	1864 >> Cambrian Railways
1859	Birkenhead Railway	1861 >> Great Western Railway and London and North Eastern Railway
1859	East Suffolk Railway
1860	Belfast and Northern Counties Railway	1903 >> Midland Railway
1861	South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway
1861	Oswestry and Newtown Railway	1864 >> Cambrian Railways
1861	Worcester and Hereford Railway	1860 >> West Midland Railway
1862	Great Eastern Railway	1923 >> London and North Eastern Railway
1862	Irish North Western Railway	1876 >> Great Northern Railway (Ireland).
1863	Oswestry, Ellesmere and Whitchurch Railway	1864 >> Cambrian Railways
1863	Newtown and Machynlleth Railway	1864 >> Cambrian Railways
1863	Metropolitan Railway	1933 >> London Passenger Transport Board
1863	Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway	1865 >> Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
1864	Cambrian Railways	1923 >> Great Western Railway
1864	District Railway	1933 >> London Passenger Transport Board
1865	Highland Railway	1923 >> London, Midland and Scottish Railway
1873	Edinburgh, Loanhead and Roslin Railway	1877 >> North British Railway
1875	Northern Railway of Ireland	1876 >> Great Northern Railway (Ireland).
1876	Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
1884	Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway
1897	Great Central Railway

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