Midland Railway

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former British railway company railway company

Midland Railway was a major 19th- and early 20th-century British railway company that operated extensive routes across central and northern England and played a key role in the development of the UK rail network.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Midland Railway canonical	77
Midland Railway network	4
Midland Railway Manchester South District Line	1
Midland Railway route	1
Midland Railway steam locomotives	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former British railway company ⓘ railway company ⓘ
absorbed	Bristol and Gloucester Railway ⓘ North Midland Railway ⓘ surface form: Leicester and Swannington Railway Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway interests (partial) ⓘ
architectForStPancrasHotel	George Gilbert Scott ⓘ
chiefEngineerAssociated	James Allport ⓘ John Crossley ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved	1922 ⓘ
formedByMergerOf	Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway ⓘ Midland Counties Railway ⓘ North Midland Railway ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Derby ⓘ
inception	1844 ⓘ
industry	rail transport ⓘ
introduced	third-class travel on all trains ⓘ
keyRoute	London to Leeds via Leicester and Nottingham ⓘ London Euston – Manchester ⓘ surface form: London to Manchester via Derby London to Sheffield via Leicester and Derby ⓘ Settle–Carlisle line ⓘ surface form: Settle–Carlisle route to Scotland
knownFor	competition with London and North Western Railway ⓘ extensive network in the English Midlands ⓘ pioneering passenger comfort ⓘ
mainRegionServed	London, England ⓘ surface form: London Midlands ⓘ Northern England ⓘ
majorTerminus	Bradford Forster Square railway station ⓘ Bristol Temple Meads ⓘ surface form: Bristol Temple Meads railway station Derby railway station ⓘ Glasgow St Enoch railway station ⓘ Leeds railway station ⓘ surface form: Leeds Wellington station Manchester Central railway station ⓘ Nottingham railway station ⓘ surface form: Nottingham Midland railway station Sheffield railway station ⓘ surface form: Sheffield station London St Pancras International ⓘ surface form: St Pancras railway station
notableStructure	Ribblehead Viaduct ⓘ Barlow train shed ⓘ surface form: St Pancras train shed
operated	freight services ⓘ passenger services ⓘ
operatedRailwayLine	Birmingham and Gloucester Railway ⓘ Bristol and Birmingham Railway ⓘ Midland Main Line ⓘ Settle–Carlisle line ⓘ
successor	London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

Referenced by (84)

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Midland Hotel, Manchester → builtFor → Midland Railway ⓘ

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

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

Derby railway works → ownedBy → Midland Railway ⓘ

Derby railway works → majorProduct → Midland Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Midland Railway steam locomotives

Derby railway works → operator → Midland Railway ⓘ

Derby railway works → railwayNetwork → Midland Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Midland Railway network

London St Pancras International → formerTerminusFor → Midland Railway ⓘ

Chorlton tram stop → formerRailwayAlignment → Midland Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Midland Railway Manchester South District Line

Midland Main Line → historicalOperator → Midland Railway ⓘ

Midland Main Line → openedBy → Midland Railway ⓘ

Charles Trubshaw → employer → Midland Railway ⓘ

Furness Railway → connectedTo → Midland Railway ⓘ

Northern Counties Committee → parentOrganization → Midland Railway ⓘ

LMS → formedFrom → Midland Railway ⓘ

Henry Fowler → employer → Midland Railway ⓘ

Gloucester railway station → laterCompany → Midland Railway ⓘ

Settle–Carlisle line → constructedBy → Midland Railway ⓘ

Settle–Carlisle line → originalOperator → Midland Railway ⓘ

Hathersage railway station → openedBy → Midland Railway ⓘ

Derby Midland Road → railwayCompany → Midland Railway ⓘ

North Midland Railway → becamePartOf → Midland Railway ⓘ

North Midland Railway → successor → Midland Railway ⓘ

Midland Counties Railway → formedPartOf → Midland Railway ⓘ

Midland Counties Railway → predecessorOf → Midland Railway ⓘ

Midland Counties Railway → mergedInto → Midland Railway ⓘ

Midland Counties Railway → successor → Midland Railway ⓘ

Derby–Birmingham line → historicalOperator → Midland Railway ⓘ

Great Northern Railway → competedWith → Midland Railway ⓘ

Monsal Trail → railwayCompany → Midland Railway ⓘ

Barlow train shed → railwayCompanyClient → Midland Railway ⓘ

Southend Central railway station → preGroupingCompany → Midland Railway ⓘ

Rowsley → historicallyServedBy → Midland Railway ⓘ

Birmingham and Gloucester Railway → partOf → Midland Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Midland Railway network

Birmingham and Gloucester Railway → laterBecamePartOf → Midland Railway ⓘ

Bradford Forster Square railway station → historicallyOperatedBy → Midland Railway ⓘ

Glasgow St Enoch railway station → railwayTerminusFor → Midland Railway ⓘ

Glasgow St Enoch railway station → ownedBy → Midland Railway ⓘ

Glasgow St Enoch railway station → formerOperator → Midland Railway ⓘ

James Allport → employer → Midland Railway ⓘ

Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway interests (partial) → acquiredBy → Midland Railway ⓘ

Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway interests (partial) → railwayCompanyInvolved → Midland Railway ⓘ

Bristol and Birmingham Railway → partOf → Midland Railway ⓘ

Bristol and Birmingham Railway → becamePartOf → Midland Railway ⓘ

Bristol and Birmingham Railway → railwayNetwork → Midland Railway ⓘ

Bristol and Gloucester Railway → partOf → Midland Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Midland Railway network

Bristol and Gloucester Railway → laterBecamePartOf → Midland Railway ⓘ

Bristol and Gloucester Railway → usedBy → Midland Railway ⓘ

Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway → keyConstituentOf → Midland Railway ⓘ

Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway → mergedInto → Midland Railway ⓘ