Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway

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pre-grouping railway company railway company

The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway was a major pre-grouping British railway company that operated an extensive network of lines across industrial northern England during the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway locomotives	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	pre-grouping railway company ⓘ railway company ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dateFounded	1847 ⓘ
dissolved	1922 ⓘ
endDate	1922 ⓘ
fleetType	steam locomotives ⓘ
formedByMergerOf	Manchester to Leeds line ⓘ surface form: Manchester and Leeds Railway other smaller railway companies ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Manchester ⓘ
introducedSignallingInnovation	power signalling ⓘ track circuiting ⓘ
locomotiveWorks	Horwich Works ⓘ
mergedInto	London and North Western Railway ⓘ London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ
networkType	heavy rail ⓘ
notableRoute	Leeds to Blackpool ⓘ Manchester to Blackpool ⓘ Manchester to Leeds ⓘ Manchester to Liverpool ⓘ
operatedCarriageWorksAt	Newton Heath ⓘ
operatedDock	Fleetwood docks ⓘ Goole docks ⓘ
operatedIn	England ⓘ Lancashire ⓘ Northern England ⓘ Yorkshire and the Humber ⓘ surface form: Yorkshire
operatedLocomotiveWorksAt	Horwich ⓘ
operatedPortFacilitiesAt	Fleetwood ⓘ Goole ⓘ
operatedTramwaysIn	Burnley ⓘ Rossendale Valley ⓘ
preGroupingCompany	yes ⓘ
primaryTraffic	freight ⓘ passenger ⓘ
regionServed	industrial North of England ⓘ
servedCity	Bradford ⓘ Huddersfield ⓘ Leeds ⓘ Liverpool ⓘ Manchester ⓘ
servedIndustry	coal industry ⓘ manufacturing industry ⓘ textile industry ⓘ
servedTown	Blackpool ⓘ Halifax ⓘ
startDate	1847 ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
successor	London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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

Newton Heath LYR Football Club → affiliatedWith → Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway ⓘ

Newton Heath → affiliation → Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway ⓘ

subject surface form: Newton Heath LYR F.C.

Horwich Works → associatedWith → Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway locomotives

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

LMS → formedFrom → Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway ⓘ

Manchester Victoria railway station → formerCompany → Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway ⓘ

Manchester Victoria → formerOperator → Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway ⓘ

Sowerby Bridge railway station → formerOperator → Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway ⓘ

Horwich → formerRailwayOperator → Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway ⓘ

Atherton line → historicalOperator → Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway ⓘ

Calder Valley line → historicalOperator → Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway ⓘ

Huddersfield Line → historicalOperator → Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway ⓘ

Horwich Works → inauguratedBy → Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway ⓘ

Rawtenstall railway station → laterCompany → Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway ⓘ

East Lancashire Railway → laterOperator → Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway ⓘ

Horwich Works → operatedBy → Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway ⓘ

Newton Heath → originalEmployerOfPlayers → Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway ⓘ

subject surface form: Newton Heath F.C.

Horwich Works → ownedBy → Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway ⓘ

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

Horwich Works → servedRailway → Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway ⓘ