Midland Railway facts for kids

The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922. It had a large network of lines managed from its headquarters in Derby. It became the third-largest railway undertaking in the British Isles after the Great Western Railway and the London and North Western Railway.

The company was formed in 1844 by the merger of the Midland Counties Railway, the North Midland Railway, and the Birmingham & Derby Junction Railway. The Birmingham & Gloucester Railway joined two years later. The earlier systems met at Derby railway station. The MR established its locomotive works, and later its carriage and wagon works, at Derby.

In 1923, the MR became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway under the Railways Act 1921.

Images for kids

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  Midland Railway boundary marker

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  Curzon Street railway station in Birmingham

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  An illustration of King's Cross from 1852, shortly before its use by the Midland Railway

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  The interior of the Barlow train shed, circa 1870

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  MR sign at Rowsley Station, now on heritage line Peak Rail

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  The Grade II* listed Manchester Central train shed, a northern terminus of the Midland Railway.

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  The Ribblehead Viaduct, a recognisable feature of the Settle-Carlisle Railway

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  Midland locomotive visiting the North Norfolk Railway, once part of the M&GN, which the Midland part owned

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  Midland Railway of England poster

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  Esholt Junction rail crash

See also

In Spanish: Ferrocarril de Midland para niños