Joint railway

A joint railway is a railway operating under the control of more than one railway company: those companies very often supplying the traction over the railway. There are many examples of joint railway working in the United Kingdom: the more important ones included:
* Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway (M&GN): joint working by Midland Railway and Great Northern Railway (MR/GNR), and latterly London and North Eastern Railway and London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LNER/LMS). This was the UK's biggest joint railway system at 183 miles (295km)
* Isle of Axholme Joint Railway : joint working by North Eastern and Lancashire and Yorkshire Railways (NER/LYR) 27.5 miles (44km)
* Cheshire Lines Committee: Great Northern, Great Central and Midland Railways (GNR/GCR/MidR) 140 miles (224km)
* East London Railway: run by a committee of the Great Eastern, London, Brighton and South Coast, South Eastern and Chatham, Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways (GER/LBSCR/SE&CR/MetR/District) 7 miles (11km)
* Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway: LNWR/GCR 9 miles (14km)
* Preston and Wyre Joint Railway: L&YR/LNWR before amalgamation in 1922 45 miles (72km)
* Severn and Wye Joint Railway: Great Western Railway (GWR)/MidR 39 miles (62km)
* Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway: London and South Western Railway (LSWR) and Midland Railway 101 miles (162km)
* South Yorkshire Joint Railway: GCR/GNR/L&YR/MidR/NER 20 miles (32km)
* Furness and Midland Joint Railway: 9½ [1]

See also

*List of early British railway companies
*List of railway companies involved in the 1923 grouping
*Joint station