York and North Midland Railway

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defunct railway company railway company

The York and North Midland Railway was an early 19th-century English railway company that played a key role in developing rail connections in Yorkshire and the surrounding regions.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
York and North Midland Railway canonical	4
York and North Midland Railway network	1
York and North Midland Railway stations	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defunct railway company ⓘ railway company ⓘ
associatedWith	Robert Stephenson ⓘ
builtLine	York–Hull route (via connections) ⓘ Leeds–York line ⓘ surface form: York–Leeds line York–Market Weighton line ⓘ York–Scarborough line ⓘ
chairman	George Hudson ⓘ
chiefEngineer	George Stephenson ⓘ
connectedTo	Great North of England Railway ⓘ Hull and Selby Railway ⓘ Leeds and Selby Railway ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved	1854 ⓘ
era	early Victorian era ⓘ
freightService	operated goods trains ⓘ
headquartersLocation	York ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Railway Mania ⓘ
inception	1836 ⓘ
industry	rail transport ⓘ
keyPerson	George Hudson ⓘ
legacy	formed part of the core network later operated by the London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ
locatedIn	England ⓘ Yorkshire ⓘ
mergedInto	North Eastern Railway ⓘ
notableStation	Leeds railway station ⓘ surface form: Leeds (Wellington Street) station Scarborough railway station ⓘ York railway station ⓘ surface form: York railway station (original)
opened	1839 ⓘ
passengerService	operated passenger trains ⓘ
railGauge	standard gauge ⓘ
regionServed	Hull ⓘ Leeds ⓘ Scarborough ⓘ York ⓘ Yorkshire ⓘ
role	developer of coastal access to Scarborough ⓘ important component of the future North Eastern Railway network ⓘ pioneer of railway development in Yorkshire ⓘ
servedCity	Hull ⓘ Leeds ⓘ Scarborough ⓘ York ⓘ
startDate	1836 ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
successor	North Eastern Railway ⓘ
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ
trackOwnership	owned permanent way and stations on its lines ⓘ
transportMode	rail ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Scarborough railway station → originalCompany → York and North Midland Railway ⓘ

G. T. Andrews → notableWork → York and North Midland Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: York and North Midland Railway stations

G. T. Andrews → employer → York and North Midland Railway ⓘ

North Eastern Railway network → formedByMergerOf → York and North Midland Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: York and North Midland Railway network

Hull railway station → originalOperator → York and North Midland Railway ⓘ

York to Scarborough Line → openedBy → York and North Midland Railway ⓘ