London and North Western Railway

Acquisitions

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Anglesey Central Railway, 1876
Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway (partnership with the Midland Railway) 1873
Aylesbury Railway, 1846
Bedford and Cambridge Railway, 1865
Birkenhead Railway, 1861 (jointly with GWR)
Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway, 1847 (the Stour Valley Line)
Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway, 1869
Brynmawr and Western Valleys Railway, 1902 (jointly with GWR)
Buckinghamshire Railway, 1847
Cannock Chase Railway, 1863
Cannock Mineral Railway, 1869
Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway, 1870
Carnarvonshire Railway, 1870
Central Wales Railway, 1868
Central Wales and Carmarthen Junction Railway, 1891
Central Wales Extension Railway, 1868
Chester and Holyhead Railway, 1858
Cockermouth and Workington Railway, 1866
Conway and Llanrwst Railway, 1867
Cromford and High Peak Railway, 1862
Denbigh, Ruthin and Corwen Railway, 1879
Fleetwood, Preston and West Riding Junction Railway, 1867 (jointly with Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway)
Hampstead Junction Railway, 1867
Harrow and Stanmore Railway, 1899
Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 1847
Knighton Railway, 1863
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, 1921
Lancashire Union Railway, 1883 (jointly with Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway)
Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, 1859
Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester Railway, 1847
Ludlow and Clee Hill Railway, 1892 (jointly with GWR)
Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway, 1849 (jointly with Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway)
Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway, 1862

Nerquis Railway, 1866
Newport Pagnell Railway, 1875
North and South Western Junction Railway, 1871 (jointly with the Midland Railway and the North London Railway)
North London Railway, 1909 (NLR retained own Board)
Oldham, Ashton-under-Lyne and Guide Bridge Railway, 1862 (jointly with the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway)
Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Railway, 1885 (jointly with Midland Railway, Caledonian Railway and Glasgow and South Western Railway)
Preston and Wyre Railway, 1847 (jointly with Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway)
Rugby and Leamington Railway, 1848
St George's Harbour, 1861
St Helens Canal and Railway, 1864
Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway, 1862 (jointly with GWR and West Midland Railway)
Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway, 1864 (jointly with GWR from 1865)
Shropshire Union Railways and Canal, 1847
Sirhowy Railway, 1876
South Leicestershire Railway, 1867
South Staffordshire Railway, 1861
Stockport, Disley and Whaley Bridge Railway, 1866
Trent Valley Railway, 1847
Tenbury Railway, 1866 (jointly with GWR from 1869)
Vale of Clwyd Railway, 1867
Vale of Towy Railway, 1884 (jointly with GWR from 1889)
Warrington and Stockport Railway, 1859
Watford and Rickmansworth Railway, 1881
West London Extension Railway, 1859 (jointly with GWR, LSWR and LBSCR)
Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway, 1877 (jointly with Furness Railway from 1878)
Whitehaven Junction Railway, 1866