Over fifty railway companies were not covered by the grouping. Those in the following list were those organised on an independent basis, usually providing locomotives and rolling stock also. They are included under classification headings.
Joint railways Joint lines in this respect were wholly owned by two or more other companies. If not all of the owning companies went into the same group then the joint company could not be grouped. Joint lines did not always operate any services: they owned the track, stations etc. and the services were operated by one or more of the parent companies: • These are those in which the group companies only are concerned: •
Cheshire Lines Committee: (
GNR,
Midland and
GCR); now operated under direction of a board of directors appointed by LNER (two-thirds) and LMS (one-third). Length . Rolling stock owned by CLC; locomotive power by LNER. •
Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway:
GWR and
GCR; subsequent to the grouping the parent companies were the GWR and the
LNER, but the title was not altered. •
Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway:
LNWR and
GCR; subsequent to the grouping the parent companies were the
LMS and the
LNER. •
Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway: (
Midland and
GNR; subsequent to the grouping the parent companies were the
LMS and the
LNER). Length . This was the largest joint system in the UK, and many of the services were operated by the joint company itself. In addition, it received substantial traffic from the GNR and MR/LMS, but rather less post-grouping from the LNER (which also owned the competing ex-
GER system in East Anglia). •
Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway: (
Midland and
LSWR). Length . • Joint lines where one or more partners were ungrouped: •
Aylesbury Station: joint between the
GW & GC Joint and the Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Committee •
East London Railway: prior to grouping, this railway was owned one-sixth each by the
Great Eastern Railway,
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway,
Metropolitan Railway,
District Railway; and one-third by the
South Eastern and Chatham Railway (as successors to the
London, Chatham and Dover Railway and
South Eastern Railway, who had owned one-sixth each). After grouping, it was owned half by the
Southern, and one-sixth each by the
LNER, Metropolitan and District. Length . Managed and operated by Met; goods traffic by LNER. • Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Committee: prior to grouping, owned by the
Metropolitan Railway and
GCR; post-Grouping, Metropolitan and LNER.
Railways not included in group companies Electric or electric and steam lines • Railways associated with the
Underground Electric Railways Company of London: •
Central London Railway: . Trains worked through to
Ealing over the Ealing and Shepherd's Bush Railway (GWR) •
City and South London Railway: •
London Electric Railway: : amalgamation of the
Baker Street and Waterloo Railway,
Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway and
Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway •
District Railway: • Other electric/steam railways: •
Liverpool Overhead Railway: •
Mersey Railway: •
Metropolitan Railway: steam and electric including the
Great Northern and City Railway Light and similar railways (standard gauge) •
Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway: closed at time of grouping •
Bishops Castle Railway: •
Corringham Light Railway: •
Derwent Valley Light Railway: •
Easingwold Railway: •
East Kent Railway: •
Glasgow (Cable) Subway: •
Hellingly Hospital Railway: •
Hundred of Manhood and Selsey Tramways: * •
Kent & East Sussex Railway: * •
Mumbles Railway: •
Nidd Valley Light Railway: public; private •
North Sunderland Railway: •
Rowrah and Kelton Fell Railway: •
Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Railway * •
Stocksbridge Railway: • Swansea Improvements and Tramways Company: •
Wantage Tramway: •
Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway:
Light and similar railways (narrow gauge) •
Ashover Light Railway: ; •
Brighton Electric Railway: ; •
Camborne and Redruth Tramway: ; •
Campbeltown and Machrihanish Railway: ; •
Corris Railway: ; •
Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway: ; •
Ffestiniog Railway: ; •
Glyn Valley Tramway: ; •
North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways: ; •
Portmadoc, Beddgelert and South Snowdon Railway: ; •
Rye and Camber Tramway: ; •
Snailbeach District Railways: ; •
Snowdon Mountain Tramroad: ; ; rack railway •
Southwold Railway: ; •
Talyllyn Railway: ; •
Wolverton and Stony Stratford Tramway: ; owned by LMSR
Railways outside the jurisdiction of the Railways Act 1921 The Railways Act 1921 only extended to Great Britain. Railways in Ireland and the Crown Dependencies were not affected unless owned by a railway company in Great Britain. The railways included in this section were
standard gauge, unless otherwise noted: •
Alderney Railway •
Belfast and County Down Railway; •
Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway; ; •
Dublin and South Eastern Railway; ; •
Great Northern Railway (Ireland); ; •
Great Southern and Western Railway; ; •
Guernsey Railway; •
Isle of Man Railway; ; •
Jersey Eastern Railway; •
Jersey Railway and Tramways; ; •
Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway; •
Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway; •
Manx Electric Railway; ; ; and ; •
Midland Great Western Railway; ;
Miscellaneous railways The railways included in this section were
standard gauge, unless otherwise noted: •
Felixstowe Docks and Railway: •
Manchester Ship Canal: •
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board: •
Milford Haven Dock and Railway: •
Pentewan Railway: ; ; temporarily closed 1923 •
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