British Railways London Midland Region

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administrative division of British Railways railway region

British Railways London Midland Region was the post-nationalisation division of British Railways responsible for former London, Midland and Scottish Railway routes, including the operation of locomotives such as the LMS Black Five.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
British Railways London Midland Region canonical	7
London Midland Region of British Railways	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative division of British Railways ⓘ railway region ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolutionCause	sectorisation of British Rail ⓘ
dissolved	1980s ⓘ
followedBy	InterCity sector of British Rail ⓘ surface form: InterCity sector Railfreight sector ⓘ Regional Railways ⓘ surface form: Regional Railways sector
hadSubsequentReorganisation	integration into sector-based structure of British Rail ⓘ
headquartersLocation	London Euston ⓘ surface form: Euston, London
inception	1948 ⓘ
notableStationOnNetwork	Birmingham New Street ⓘ Liverpool Lime Street ⓘ London Euston ⓘ Manchester Piccadilly ⓘ
operatedLocomotiveClass	AC electric locomotives on West Coast Main Line ⓘ BR Class 40 diesel-electric locomotives ⓘ BR Class 47 diesel-electric locomotives ⓘ BR Standard Class 4 steam locomotives ⓘ surface form: BR Standard Class 4 BR Standard Class 5 ⓘ BR Standard Class 7 (Britannia) ⓘ LMS Jubilee Class ⓘ LMS Coronation Class ⓘ surface form: LMS Princess Coronation Class LMS Princess Royal Class ⓘ LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 "Black Five" locomotives ⓘ surface form: LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 (Black Five)
operatedOnRailNetwork	Midland Main Line ⓘ surface form: Midland Main Line (southern sections and associated routes) West Coast Main Line ⓘ routes in North Wales ⓘ routes in North West England ⓘ routes in parts of Scotland ⓘ routes in the English Midlands ⓘ
parentOrganization	British Transport Commission ⓘ
partOf	British Rail ⓘ surface form: British Railways
predecessor	London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ
railwayRegionOf	England ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ
responsibleFor	freight train services on former LMS routes ⓘ infrastructure maintenance on former LMS routes ⓘ passenger train services on former LMS routes ⓘ
startCause	nationalisation of British railways under the Transport Act 1947 ⓘ
usedBrand	British Rail ⓘ surface form: British Railways
usedLivery	Rail Blue ⓘ surface form: British Rail blue and grey coaching stock livery British Railways lined black steam locomotive livery ⓘ British Railways maroon coaching stock livery ⓘ
usedRollingStockType	diesel locomotives ⓘ electric locomotives ⓘ steam locomotives ⓘ
usedSignallingPractice	colour light signalling on main lines ⓘ upper quadrant semaphore signals (legacy LMS practice) ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

LMS Black Five → successorOperator → British Railways London Midland Region ⓘ

LMS → successorCompany → British Railways London Midland Region ⓘ

British Railways Western Region → concurrentWith → British Railways London Midland Region ⓘ

British Rail first-generation DMUs → usedBy → British Railways London Midland Region ⓘ

this entity surface form: London Midland Region of British Railways

BR Standard Class 4 steam locomotives → regionOfOperation → British Railways London Midland Region ⓘ

6200 Princess Royal → successorOperator → British Railways London Midland Region ⓘ

Black Five → railwayRegion → British Railways London Midland Region ⓘ

5MT → railwayRegionContext → British Railways London Midland Region ⓘ