North Midland Railway
From GracesGuide
The North Midland Railway was a British railway company, which opened its line from Derby to Rotherham (Masborough) and Leeds in 1840. At Derby it connected with the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway and the Midland Counties Railway at what became known as the Tri Junct Station. In 1844, the three companies merged to form the Midland Railway.
George Carr Glyn was the first Chairman of the new company, with George Stephenson and Robert Stephenson appointed as engineers. George Stephenson surveyed the line in 1835 with his secretary, Charles Binns. It would be 72 miles long, meeting the York and North Midland, at Normanton, and also the projected Manchester and Leeds Railway.
It received Parliamentary Assent in 1836, and was completed to Masborough on 11 May 1840, and to Leeds on 1 July.
In 1840 the journey from Derby to Leeds took around three and a half hours
[edit] Sources of Information
- [1] Wikipedia
- Bradshaw’s Railway Companion 1840
