Category:Early British railway companies
This category contains articles about British railway companies established before 1860.
A number of very early British railway companies were short-lived. Many were amalgamated into larger organisations, which were themselves grouped into the 'Big Four' in 1923 (see List of railway companies involved in the 1923 grouping). Some remained independent throughout their existence. See also the List of early British railway companies (up to the late 1850s).
Subcategories
This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total.
Pages in category "Early British railway companies"
The following 156 pages are in this category, out of 156 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
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- Barnsley Coal Railway
- Birkenhead Railway
- Birmingham and Bristol Railway
- Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway
- Birmingham and Gloucester Railway
- Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway
- Blackburn Railway
- Blackburn, Clitheroe and North Western Junction Railway
- Blackburn, Darwen and Bolton Railway
- Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway
- Bolton and Leigh Railway
- Bolton and Preston Railway
- Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire Railway
- Brighton and Chichester Railway
- Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Railway
- Buckinghamshire Junction Railway
- Buckinghamshire Railway
- Bullo Pill Railway
- Buntingford branch line
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- Chapel inclined plane
- Cheshire Midland Railway
- Chester and Connah's Quay Railway
- Chester and Crewe Railway
- Chester and Holyhead Railway
- Chipping Norton Railway
- Clarence Railway
- Cockermouth and Workington Railway
- Cornwall Minerals Railway
- Cornwall Railway
- Craig yr Hafod Tramroad
- Cromford and High Peak Railway
- Croydon and Epsom Railway
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- Lake Lock Rail Road
- Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
- Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway
- Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway
- Leeds and Bradford Railway
- Leeds and Selby Railway
- Leicester and Swannington Railway
- Little Eaton Gangway
- "Little" North Western Railway
- Liverpool and Manchester Railway
- Llanvihangel Railway
- London and Birmingham Railway
- London and Blackwall Railway
- London and Brighton Railway
- London and Croydon Railway
- London and Greenwich Railway
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- Malton and Driffield Junction Railway
- Manchester and Birmingham Railway
- Manchester and Bolton Railway
- Manchester and Leeds Railway
- Manchester South District Railway
- Manchester, Bury and Rossendale Railway
- Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midland Junction Railway
- Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
- Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway
- Mansfield and Pinxton Railway
- Manx Northern Railway
- Maryport and Carlisle Railway
- Mid-Kent Railway
- Middlebere Plateway
- Middleton Railway
- Midland Counties Railway
- Monmouth Railway
- Much Wenlock and Severn Junction Railway
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- St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway
- Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway
- Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies' Committee
- Sheffield and Rotherham Railway
- Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway
- Silkstone Waggonway
- Stanhope and Tyne Railway
- Stockport, Disley and Whaley Bridge Railway
- Stockport, Timperley and Altrincham Junction Railway
- Stockton and Darlington Railway
- Stodhart Tunnel
- Stourbridge Railway
- Stratford and Moreton Tramway
- Surrey Iron Railway
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- Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway
- Warrington and Newton Railway
- Watford and Edgware Railway
- Watford and Rickmansworth Railway
- Wellington and Severn Junction Railway
- Wenlock, Craven Arms and Lightmoor Extension Railway
- West Cheshire Railway
- West End of London and Crystal Palace Railway
- West Hartlepool Harbour and Railway
- West Hartlepool Harbour & Railway
- West Midland Railway
- West Riding and Grimsby Railway
- West Somerset Mineral Railway
- Whitby and Pickering Railway
- Wigan Branch Railway
- Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway
- Wimbledon and Dorking Railway
- Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway
- Wycombe Railway