Great Eastern Railway
The G. E. R. of Liverpool Street Railway Station.
The Great Eastern Railway (GER) was a pre-grouping British railway company, whose main line linked London to Norwich and had various other lines through East Anglia. The company was grouped into the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923.
1863 The company was incorporated and owns 1,062 miles of line, besides 149.75 miles held jointly with others. [1]
The GER was formed in 1862 as an amalgamation of the Eastern Counties Railway; and also with several other smaller railways:
- Norfolk Railway
- Eastern Union Railway
- Newmarket Railway
- Harwich Railway
- East Anglian Light Railway
- East Suffolk Railway
In 1902 the Northern and Eastern Railway also joined the GER.
The GER had owned over 1200 miles of line and had a near-monopoly over East Anglia services until the creation of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway in 1893.
The majority of its locomotives were manufactured in Stratford Works, which was on the site of today's Stratford International station.
1888 See Locomotive Stock June 1888
It was grouped with other railways to form the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) in 1923.
- In 1904 - 1905 GER Great Eastern Railway built 12 double-deckers in Stratford, East London in their railway workshops.
- Each part produced was home-made but this substantial construction project did not ensure reliability.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- Ian Allan - British Buses Since 1900 - Aldridge and Morris