London, Midland and Scottish Railway

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former company railway company

The London, Midland and Scottish Railway was a major British railway company formed in 1923 that operated an extensive network across England, Scotland, and Wales until nationalisation in 1948.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
London, Midland and Scottish Railway canonical	208
London Midland and Scottish Railway	25
London, Midland and Scottish Railway network	4
LMS London Midland and Scottish main line	1
LMS London Midland and Scottish region	1
LMS Railway	1
London, Midland and Scottish Railway (historically)	1
London, Midland and Scottish Railway Northern Counties Committee	1

Statements (78)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former company ⓘ railway company ⓘ
abbreviation	LMS ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ surface form: LMS Railway
chiefMechanicalEngineer	Charles Fairburn ⓘ George Ivatt ⓘ Henry Fowler ⓘ William Stanier ⓘ
competitor	Great Western Railway ⓘ London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved	1948 ⓘ
fleetIncluded	freight wagons ⓘ passenger carriages ⓘ steam locomotives ⓘ
formedByMergerOf	Caledonian Railway ⓘ Furness Railway ⓘ Glasgow and South Western Railway ⓘ Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway ⓘ Highland Railway ⓘ Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway ⓘ London and North Western Railway ⓘ Maryport and Carlisle Railway ⓘ Midland Railway ⓘ North London Railway ⓘ North Staffordshire Railway ⓘ
headquartersLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
inception	1923 ⓘ
industry	rail transport ⓘ
largestShareholderOf	Northern Counties Committee ⓘ
legalBasisForFormation	Railways Act 1921 ⓘ
majorStation	Birmingham New Street ⓘ Edinburgh Waverley ⓘ Glasgow Central ⓘ Liverpool Lime Street ⓘ London Euston ⓘ London St Pancras International ⓘ surface form: London St Pancras London Road ⓘ surface form: Manchester London Road
majorWorks	Crewe Works ⓘ Derby railway works ⓘ surface form: Derby Works Inverness Works ⓘ St Rollox Works ⓘ
nationalisationYear	1948 ⓘ
nationalisedInto	British Transport Commission ⓘ
networkLength	over 6,000 route miles ⓘ
notableLocomotiveClass	LMS 8F ⓘ LMS Black Five ⓘ LMS Jubilee Class ⓘ LMS Princess Royal Class ⓘ surface form: LMS Princess Coronation Class LMS Princess Royal Class ⓘ
operatedIn	England ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ
operatedRoute	Shotts Line ⓘ surface form: Caledonian Main Line Glasgow South Western Line ⓘ Midland Main Line ⓘ Settle–Carlisle line ⓘ West Coast Main Line ⓘ
operatedService	London–Birmingham express trains ⓘ London–Edinburgh express trains ⓘ London–Glasgow express trains ⓘ London–Liverpool express trains ⓘ London–Manchester express trains ⓘ
ownedInfrastructureType	branch lines ⓘ canals ⓘ docks ⓘ hotels ⓘ main line railways ⓘ steamships ⓘ
partOfGrouping	Big Four (British railway companies) ⓘ
predecessor	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway ⓘ London and North Western Railway ⓘ Midland Railway ⓘ
successor	British Rail ⓘ surface form: British Railways British Rail ⓘ surface form: British Railways London Midland Region British Rail ⓘ surface form: British Railways Scottish Region British Railways Western Region ⓘ

Referenced by (242)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Manchester Victoria → formerOperator → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

Glasgow Central → formerOperator → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: London Midland and Scottish Railway

Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway → successor → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway → mergedInto → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

London Euston → laterOperator → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

London and North Western Railway → predecessorOf → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

London and North Western Railway → becamePartOf → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

London and North Western Railway → successor → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

London, Midland and Scottish Railway → alsoKnownAs → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: LMS Railway

West Coast Main Line → historicalOperator → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

London Euston – Glasgow → historicalNetwork → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

Derby railway works → ownedBy → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

Derby railway works → operator → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

Derby railway works → railwayNetwork → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: London, Midland and Scottish Railway network

British Rail → predecessor → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

Caledonian Railway → parentOrganization → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: London Midland and Scottish Railway

Caledonian Railway → mergedInto → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: London Midland and Scottish Railway

Caledonian Railway → predecessorOf → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: London Midland and Scottish Railway

Manchester Victoria railway station → formerCompany → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

Horwich Works → laterOperatedBy → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

Horwich Works → servedRailway → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

Horwich → laterRailwayOperator → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

Midland Railway → successor → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

Eccles railway station → postGroupingOperator → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

Transport Act 1947 → abolishedEntities → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

Glasgow Central railway station → postGroupingCompany → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

Windermere railway station → formerOperator → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

Midland Main Line → historicalOperator → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

Crewe → operator → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

subject surface form: Crewe Works

East Lancashire Railway → laterOperator → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

Crewe railway station → laterCompany → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

Rawtenstall railway station → laterCompany → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

Lichfield City railway station → laterCompany → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

Edinburgh–Inverness line → historicalOperator → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

Hough Green railway station → postGroupingCompany → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

Warrington Central → postgroup → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

North Wales Coast Line → historicalOperator → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: London Midland and Scottish Railway

Warrington Central railway station → postGroupingCompany → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

Perth railway station → formerOperator → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

Furness Railway → absorbedInto → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

Furness Railway → successor → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

Furness Railway → absorbedBy → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

Railways Act 1921 → createdEntity → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

Northern Counties Committee → parentOrganization → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

LMS Princess Royal Class → operator → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

LMS Princess Royal Class → railwayCompany → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

LMS Princess Royal Class → railwayRegion → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: LMS London Midland and Scottish main line

LMS Black Five → operatedBy → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

LMS Black Five → introducedBy → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

LMS Black Five → operator → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ