Joint railway
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A joint railway is a railway operating under the control of more than one railway company: those companies very often supplying the traction over the railway. There are many examples of joint railway working in the United Kingdom: the more important ones included:
- Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway (M&GN): joint working by Midland Railway and Great Northern Railway (MR/GNR), and latterly London and North Eastern Railway and London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LNER/LMS). This was the UK's biggest joint railway system at 183 miles (295km) and operated with its own locomotives and rolling stock.
- Isle of Axholme Joint Railway : joint working by North Eastern and Lancashire and Yorkshire Railways (NER/LYR) 27.5 miles (44km)
- Cheshire Lines Committee: Great Northern, Great Central and Midland Railways (GNR/GCR/MidR) 140 miles (224km) operated with its own rolling stock.
- Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Line, from Huntingdon and Spalding to Doncaster, with a branch to Ramsey: operated jointly by the Great Northern and Great Eastern Railways (GNR/GER) 123 miles (197km)
- East London Railway: run by a committee of the Great Eastern, London, Brighton and South Coast, South Eastern and Chatham, Metropolitan and District Railways (GER/LBSCR/SE&CR/MetR/District) 7 miles (11km)
- Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Committee: operated by the Metropolitan and Great Central Railways (MetR/GCR)
- Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway: LNWR/GCR 9 miles (14km) electrified in 1931
- Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway: owned by the Caledonian, Glasgow and South Western, London and North Western and Midland Railways (CR/G&SWR/LNWR/MR) 82 miles (131km) [1]
- Preston and Wyre Joint Railway: L&YR/LNWR before amalgamation in 1922 45 miles (72km)
- Great Western and Great Central Railways Joint Committee: operated by the Great Western and Great Central Railways (GWR/GCR) 41 miles (66km)
- Severn and Wye Joint Railway: Great Western Railway (GWR)/MidR 39 miles (62km)
- Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway: operated by the Great Western and London and North Western Railways (GWR/LNWR) 56 miles (90km)
- Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway: London and South Western Railway (LSWR) and Midland Railway 101 miles (162km) operated with its own locomotives and rolling stock.
- South Yorkshire Joint Railway: GCR/GNR/L&YR/MidR/NER 20 miles (32km)
- Furness and Midland Joint Railway: 9½ miles (15km) [2]
- Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Joint Committee, Mansion House to Aldgate on the Circle Line: MetR/District 1 mile (1.5km)
- Forth Bridge Railway; owned by the North British, Great Northern, North Eastern and Midland Railways (GNR/MR/NBR/NER) 2765yds (2528m)
- County Donegal Railways Joint Committee: owned by the Northern Counties Committee and Great Northern Railway (Ireland) (MidR(NCC)/GNR(I)) and operating over 111 miles (178 km) of 3ft (914mm) narrow gauge track in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland with its own locomotives and rolling stock.
[edit] Bibliography
- Casserley, H. C. (1968). Britain's Joint Lines. Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0024-7
