| LC control no. | n 50054333 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Variant(s) | London & North Eastern Railway London & North Eastern Railway of England & Scotland L.&N.E.R. (London and North Eastern Railway) L&NER (London and North Eastern Railway) LNER (London and North Eastern Railway) London and North Eastern Railway Company |
| See also | Great Central Railway Great Eastern Railway Great North of Scotland Railway Great Northern Railway (Great Britain) North British Railway North Eastern Railway Company (Great Britain) Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway Product of merger: British Railways |
| Biography/History note | Following the 1923 Grouping, the principal constituents of the L&NER (the former Great Central Railway, Great Eastern Railway, Great Northern Railway, Great North of Scotland Railway, North British Railway, and North Eastern Railway) continued largely as L&NER's Great Central Section, Great Eastern Section, Great Northern Section, Great North of Scotland Section, North British Section, and North Eastern Section respectively. In 1948, the LNER became part of the nationalised British Railways; parts of the company became the new Eastern Region, North Eastern Region and part of the Scottish Region. |
| Beginning date | 1923-01-01 |
| Ending date | 1948-01-01 |
| Associated country | Great Britain England |
| Associated place | London (England) England, North East |
| Field of activity | Railroads--Management Railroads--Passenger traffic Railroads--Freight |
| Found in | Tattersall, A. E. Railway signalling and communications, 1940. Phillips, C. The Great Eastern since 1900, 1985: p. 9 (Under the Railways Act of 8/21, the Great Eastern Railway became part of the London & North Eastern Railway) North Norfolk Railway WWW site, 15 Oct. 2004: a brief history of the line (The Midland and Great Northern Railways Joint Committee was run by representatives from both the Midland Railway and the Great Northern Railway, after 1923, the LMS and LNER joined the board; in 1936, the LNER took over the railway) Wikipedia WWW site, 17 Oct. 2005: (in 1923, the Great Eastern Railway, the Great Central Railway, the Great Northern Railway, the Great North of Scotland Railway, the North British Railway and the North Eastern Railway became part of the London and North Eastern Railway) Wikipedia, viewed 14 Oct. 2016 (on 1 January 1923, the Great Central Railway amalgamated with several other railways to create the London and North Eastern Railway which operated until 1 January 1948 when it became part of British Railways) London & North Eastern Railway (Great Eastern Section) working time tables, 2008: back cover (L.&N.E.R.) Durham County, 1930?: cover (LNER) back cover (London & North Eastern Railway of England & Scotland) LC database, Jan. 17, 2013 (hdg.: London and North Eastern Railway Company) |
| Associated language | eng |
| Invalid LCCN | n 80085281 |
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