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  • Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
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  • The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) was a major British railway company before the 1923 Grouping. It was incorporated in 1847 from an amalgamation of several existing railways. It was the third-largest railway system based in Northern England (after the Midland and North Eastern Railways) and the largest whose network was entirely within Northern England.[citation needed] It amalgamated with the London and North Western Railway on 1 January 1922. One year later, the merged company became the largest constituent of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
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railroad name
  • Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
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  • LY
start year
  • 1847-07-09
electrification
  • 3.500000
  • 600
  • 1200
hq city
map caption
  • A map of the LYR system forms part of the War Memorial at
predecessor line
map size
  • 220
Locale
  • Lancashire and Yorkshire
system map
  • Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway map at Victoria Station.jpg
end year
  • 1922-01-01
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Logo size
  • 220
logo filename
  • Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1008 National Railway Museum .jpg
abstract
  • The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) was a major British railway company before the 1923 Grouping. It was incorporated in 1847 from an amalgamation of several existing railways. It was the third-largest railway system based in Northern England (after the Midland and North Eastern Railways) and the largest whose network was entirely within Northern England.[citation needed] The intensity of its service was reflected in the 1,650 locomotives it owned – it was by far the most densely trafficked system in the British Isles with more locomotives per mile than any other company[citation needed] – and that one third of its 738 signal boxes controlled junctions averaging one every . No two stations were more than apart and its 1,904 passenger services occupied 57 pages in Bradshaw, a number exceeded only by the Great Western Railway, the London and North Western Railway, and the Midland Railway. It was the first mainline railway to introduce electrification of some of its lines, and it also ran steamboat services across the Irish Sea and North Sea, being a bigger shipowner than any other British railway company.[citation needed] It amalgamated with the London and North Western Railway on 1 January 1922. One year later, the merged company became the largest constituent of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
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