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.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
London Midland and Scottish Railway	5
London, Midland and Scottish Railway network	2
LMS London Midland and Scottish main line	1
LMS Railway	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 (55)

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

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

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

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

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

George Ivatt → workLocation → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

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