What was the Midland Railway (MR)?
Q: What was the Midland Railway (MR)?
A: The Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922.
Q: Where was the network of lines managed from?
A: The network of lines was managed from the company's headquarters in Derby.
Q: What position did the MR hold among other railway undertakings in the British Isles?
A: The MR became the third-largest railway undertaking in the British Isles after the Great Western Railway and the London and North Western Railway.
Q: What were the four companies that formed the MR?
A: 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.
Q: Where did the earlier systems meet?
A: The earlier systems met at Derby railway station.
Q: Where did the MR establish its locomotive works, and later its carriage and wagon works?
A: The MR established its locomotive works, and later its carriage and wagon works, at Derby.
Q: What happened to the MR in 1923?
A: In 1923, the MR became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway under the Railways Act 1921.
