The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) was created under the terms of the Railways Act 1921. The first schedule to that Act listed four groups, and for each, a number of "Constituent Companies" were listed, as were a number of subsidiary companies. The constituent companies would amalgamate to create a new railway company, and the subsidiary companies would be absorbed either by one of the constituent companies prior to the amalgamation, or by the new railway company after amalgamation. The group that was to become the LMS was described in the Act as "the North Western, Midland and West Scottish Group".[1]

Constituent companies

The following made up the London, Midland and Scottish Railway as a result of the Railways Act 1921:

Subsidiary companies

Independently operated lines

Independent lines for which rolling stock was provided by other companies

Non-working companies

Joint railways

After 1923 amalgamations comprised wholly in the LMS

After 1923 amalgamations joint with London & North Eastern Railway

After 1923 amalgamations joint with GWR

After 1923 amalgamations joint with Southern Railway

After 1923 amalgamations joint with District Railway

Irish lines

The Railways Act 1921 did not extend to Ireland, but Irish lines owned by constituent companies became part of the LMS:

Shipping companies

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (January 2011)

Shareholdings

References

  1. ^ Railway Clerks' Association (1922). The Reorganisation of British Railways: The Railways Act, 1921 (3rd ed.). London: Gray's Inn Press. pp. 10–14, 67, 68.
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