pre-grouping railway company
C2005
concept
A pre-grouping railway company is a privately owned or regionally based railway operator in the United Kingdom that existed before the 1923 Railways Act consolidated most railways into the "Big Four" groups.
Aliases (3)
- Scottish railway company ×2
- former railway company ×1
- pre-grouping British railway company ×1
Instances (6)
- Caledonian Railway ("former railway company")
- North British Railway ("Scottish railway company")
- Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
- Glasgow and South Western Railway
- North Staffordshire Railway ("pre-grouping British railway company")