Carlisle to Leeds and Branches (v. 1) (Midland Railway System Maps: The Distance Diagrams)

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London North Eastern Route Sectional Appendix; LOR LN3201 Seq001 to 030" (PDF). Network Rail . Retrieved 13 January 2018.

Capture of a Railway Engine". Bell’s Weekly Messenger. British Newspaper Archive. 9 August 1852 . Retrieved 12 July 2016– via British Newspaper Archive.The line south was the Birmingham and Bristol Railway, which reached Curzon Street via Camp Hill. These two lines had been formed by the merger of the standard gauge Birmingham and Gloucester Railway and the broad gauge Bristol and Gloucester Railway. [ citation needed] Casserley, H.C. (April 1968). "Cheshire Lines Committee". Britain's Joint Lines. Shepperton: Ian Allan. pp.68–80. ISBN 0-7110-0024-7.

Red carriages with gold lettering still formed the Midland expresses. On some occasions, an L.N.W.R. locomotive hauling Midland coaches could be seen, a sight unheard of before 1923 and one that would have virtually caused civil war. The amalgamation meant that competing routes could be rationalised. The two Buxton stations were placed under one stationmaster; the former L.N.W.R. platforms were numbered 1. 2. and 3. And the Midland ones relegated to 4. 5 and 6. Departures for Manchester could be arranged alternately instead of simultaneously, but the longer journey time via Millers Dale resulted in alternate departures from Buxton becoming simultaneous arrivals in Manchester. As traffic built up, the Midland Railway opened a new deviation just north of Market Harborough railway station on 26 June 1885 to remove the flat crossing of the Rugby and Stamford Railway. [14] Northernmost sections [ edit ] Opening of the new Midland terminus in London". Leicester Journal. England. 9 October 1868 . Retrieved 29 July 2017– via British Newspaper Archive. Hadfield, Charles (1970). The Canals of the East Midlands (2nded.). David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-4871-X.The first part of the Midland's West Riding extension from the main line at Royston (Yorks.) to Dewsbury was opened before the war. However, the second part of the extension was not completed. Derby Midland Station is a short walk from Derby City Centre. We area 30 minute bus ride away using the 9.1 bus. For further information about bus services from Derby please see below. Take the left exit onto B6441 (Nottingham Road) at the mini roundabout by Sainsburys heading for Ripley Town Centre (signposted Midland Railway Centre). Follow the B6441 until you reach Ripley Town Centre then follow the directions for Town Centre route shown below.

a b Leleux, Robin. A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Volume 9. David & Charles, Newton Abbot. p.92. ISBN 0715371657. The coat of arms combines the symbols of Birmingham, Derby, Bristol, Leicester, Lincoln and Leeds. The wyvern, a legendary bipedal dragon, was used extensively as an emblem by the Midland, having inherited it from the Leicester and Swannington Railway. The MR, which used a wyvern sans legs (legless) above its crest, asserted that the "wyvern was the standard of the Kingdom of Mercia", and that it was "a quartering in the town arms of Leicester". [40] The symbol appeared on everything from station buildings and bridges down to china, cutlery and chamber pots in its hotels, and was worn as a silver badge by all uniformed employees. However, in 1897 the Railway Magazine noted that there appeared "to be no foundation that the wyvern was associated with the Kingdom of Mercia". [41] It has been associated with Leicester since the time of Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster and Leicester ( c. 1278–1322), the most powerful lord in the Midlands, who used it as his personal crest, and was recorded in a heraldic visitation of the town in 1619. [42] Accidents and incidents [ edit ]On 10 May 1844 the North Midland Railway, the Midland Counties Railway and the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway merged to form the Midland Railway. Secretary of State opens Network Rail control centre" (Press release). Network Rail. Archived from the original on 26 September 2008 . Retrieved 29 August 2008. In spite of the objections of Hudson, for the MR and others, the "London and York Railway" (later the Great Northern Railway) led by Edmund Denison persisted, and the bill passed through Parliament in 1846. [12] The Battle of Nottingham [ edit ] As part of Wellingborough's Stanton Cross development, Wellingborough station is to be expanded. [34]