Historical Dictionary of Railways in the British Isles

A–Z Listing

Accidents (in chronological order)/Accident Investigation

Clayton Tunnel; Staplehurst; Abergele; Wigan; Abbots Ripon; Tay Bridge; Penistone; Armagh; Preston; Wellingborough; Salisbury; Grantham; Shrewsbury; Hawes Junction; Aisgill; Quintinshill; Abermule; Sevenoaks; Charfield; Battersea Park; Castlecary; Norton Fitzwarren; Bethnal Green; Harrow; Princess Victoria; Lewisham; Hither Green; Moorgate; King’s Cross; Clapham Junction.

Advanced Passenger Train (APT)

Air Transport and Railways

Alexandra (Newport & South Wales) Docks & Railway

Allport, Sir James Joseph

Arrol, Sir William

Ashfield, Albert Henry Stanley, Lord

Aspinall, Sir John Audley Frederick

Baker, Sir Benjamin

Baker Street & Waterloo Railway/Bakerloo Line

Ballycastle Railway

Barlow, Peter William

Barlow, William Henry, 1812-1902

Belfast & County Down Railway

Belfast & Northern Counties Railway

Belfast, Holyrood & Bangor Railway

Birmingham & Derby Junction Railway

Birmingham & Gloucester Railway

Bishop’s Castle Railway

Blyth & Tyne Railway

Bonsor, Sir H Cosmo, Bt

Booth, Henry, 1788-1869

Bouch, Sir Thomas, 1822-80

Bradshaw, George

Bradshaw’s Railway Guide

Brampton Railway(s)

Brassey, Sir Thomas

Brecon & Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway

Bristol & Exeter Railway

Bristol & Gloucester Railway

British Railways/British Rail

British Transport Commission

Brunel, Isambard Kingdom

Bulleid, Oliver Vaughan Snell

Burry Port & Gwendraeth Valley Railway

Caledonian Railway

Callander & Oban Railway

Cambrian Railway

Canterbury & Whitstable Railway

Cardiff Railway

Carmarthenshire Railway

Cavan & Leitrim Light Railway

Central London Railway/Central Line

Charing Cross Euston & Hampstead Railway

Chartered Institute of Transport

Cheshire Lines Committee

Chester & Holyhead Railway

Churchill, Viscount

Churchward, George Jackson

City & South London Railway

Clarence & Hartlepool Junction Railway

Cleobury Mortimer & Ditton Priors Light Railway

Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway

Collett, Charles, 1871-1952

Colne Valley & Halstead Railway

Cook, Thomas, 1808-1902

Coras Iompair Eireann, CIE

Cork & Macroom Direct Railway

Cork & Muskerry (Light) Railway

Cork, Blackrock & Passage Railway

Cork Brandon & South Coast Railway

Cornwall Railway

County Donegal Railways Joint Committee

Cubitt, Sir William, Benjamin, Joseph, 1785-1861

Dearne Valley Railway

Docklands Light Railway

Donegal Railway

Double-Deck Trains

Drummond, Dugald, 1840-1912

Dublin & Belfast Junction Railway

Dublin & South Eastern Railway

Dundalk, Newry & Greenore Railway

Dundee & Arbroath Railway

Dundee & Newtyle Railway

East & West Yorkshire Junction Railway

East & West Yorkshire Union Railway

East Coast Main Line/ECML

East Lincolnshire Railway

Eastern Counties Railway

East Kent Light Railway

East Lancashire Railway

East London Railway

Edinburgh & Dalkeith Railway

Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway

Edinburgh, Perth & Dundee Railway

Edmondson, Thomas

Electrification

Elliot, Sir John

Ellis, Cuthbert Hamilton

Ellis, John, 1789-1862

Fairbairn, Sir William

Fairbairn, Charles Edward

Fairlie, Robert Francis

Fenchurch Street

Fenton, Sir Myles

Ferries and Shipping Services Rivers and estuaries; Cross-Channel and Irish Sea operations

Festiniog Railway

Forth Railway Bridge

Fowler, Sir Henry

Fowler, Sir John

Fox, Sir Charles, Sir Charles Douglas, Sir Francis

Freshwater, Yarmouth & Newport Railway

Furness Railway

Galbraith, William Robert

Geddes, Sir Eric Campbell

Giant’s Causeway, Portrush & Bush Valley Railway & Tramway

Gladstone, William Ewart

Gladstone’s Act

Glasgow & South Western Railway

Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock & Ayr Railway

Glyn, George Carr/Lord Wolverton

Glyn Valley Tramway

Golden Valley Railway

Gooch, Sir Daniel

Gooch, Thomas Longridge

Grand Junction Railway

Great Central Railway

Great Eastern Railway

Great North of England Railway

Great North of Scotland Railway

Great Northern & City Railway

Great Northern & Western Railway

Great Northern Railway

Great Northern Railway of Ireland

Great Southern & Western Railway (Ireland)

Great Southern Railways

Great Western Railway (1): 1837-1922

Great Western Railway (2): 1923-1947

Greathead, James Henry

Gresley, Herbert Nigel, later Sir

Grouping (Great Britain) 1923

Grouping (Irish Free State) 1925

Guernsey Railways & Tramways

Hackworth, Timothy

Hammersmith & City Railway

Hampstead Line/Hampstead & Highgate

Harrison, Sir Frederick

Hawksworth, Frederick

Hedley, William

High Speed Trains

Highland Railway

Historical Model Railway Society

Holborn Viaduct

Horncastle Railway

Hull & Barnsley Railway

Hull & Selby Railway

Humber Commercial Railway & Dock

Hurcomb, Cyril William/Baron Hurcomb of Campden Hill

Iarnrod Eireann, IE, 129

Inglis, Sir James Charles

Inverness & Perth Junction Railway

Irish North Western Railway

Irish Railway Clearing House

Isle of Man Railway

Isle of Wight Central Railway

Isle of Wight Railway

Jersey Eastern Railway

Kent & East Sussex Railway

Kilmarnock & Troon Railway

Kilsyth & Bonnybridge Railway

Kirtley, Matthew

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway

Lancashire, Derby & East Coast Railway

Lancaster & Carlisle Railway

Lauder Light Railway

Leeds & Selby Railway

Leeds Northern Railway

Leek & Manifold Valley Light Railway

Leicester & Swannington Railway

Letterkenny & Burtonport Extension Railway

Liddell, Charles H

Limited Expresses

Liskeard & Looe Railway

Listowel & Ballybunnion Railway

Liverpool & Manchester Railway

Liverpool Overhead Railway

Liverpool Street

Llanelly & Mynydd Mawr Railway

Lloyd George, David, Earl

London & Birmingham Railway

London & Blackwall Railway

London & Croydon Railway

London & Greenwich Railway

London & North Eastern Railway

London & North Western Railway

London & South Western Railway

London, Brighton & South Coast Railway

London, Chatham & Dover Railway

London Electric Railway

London, Midland & Scottish Railway

London Passenger Transport Board/London Transport/London Transport Executive

London Tilbury & Southend Railway

Londonderry & Lough Swilly Railway

Longmoor Military Railway

Lynton & Barnstaple Railway

McAlpine, Sir Robert

McIntosh, John Farquharson

Manchester & Birmingham Railway

Manchester & Leeds Railway

Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway

Manchester South Junction & Altrincham Railway

Mansell, Richard C

Mansfield Railway

Manx Electric Railway

Manx Northern Railway

Maryport & Carlisle Railway

Maunsell, Richard Edward Lloyd

Mawddwy Railway

Metropolitan District Railway

Metropolitan Railway

Mid-Suffolk Light Railway

Middleton Railway

Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway

Midland & South Western Junction Railway

Midland Counties Railway

Midland Great Western Railway

Midland Railway

Milne, Sir James

Ministry of/Department of Transport

Missenden, Sir Eustace

Naming of trains

Nationalisation

National Union of Railwaymen

Neath & Brecon Railway

Neverstop Railway

Newcastle & Carlisle Railway

Nock, Oswald Stevens

Norfolk Railway

North & South Western Junction Railway

North British Railway

North Eastern Railway

North Lindsey Light Railway

North London Railway

North Midland Railway

North Staffordshire Railway

North Sunderland Railway

North Union Railway

Northern & Eastern Railway

Northern Counties Committee

Northern Ireland Railways

Notation of wheels

Nottingham & Grantham Railway

Nottingham Suburban Railway

Oakley, Sir Henry

Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway

Parliamentary Trains

Pearson, Charles

Peel, Sir Robert

Piccadilly Line/Great Northern Piccadilly & Brompton Railway

Pole, Sir Felix

Pollitt, Sir William

Port Talbot Railway & Docks

Portpatrick & Wigtownshire Joint Railway

Post Office Railway

Preston & Wyre Railway

Princetown Railway

Race to the North

Railbuses and railcars

Railway Air Services

Railway Clearing House

Railway Companies Association

Railways at War

Rainhill Trials

Ramsbottom, John

Raven, Sir Vincent Litchfield

Rhondda & Swansea Bay Railway

Rhymney Railway

Road-rail vehicles

Road Transport and the Railways

Robertson, General Sir (later Baron) Brian

Robinson, John George

Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway

Scottish Central Railway

Settle & Carlisle Railway

Shipping services

Shrewsbury & Hereford Railway

Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Light Railway

Shropshire Union Railways & Canal

Sleigo, Leitrim & Northern Counties Railway

Snaefell Mountain Railway

Snowdon Mountain Railway

Solway Junction Railway

Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway

South Devon Railway

South Eastern & Chatham Railways Managing Committee

South Eastern Railway

South Staffordshire Railway

South Wales Mineral Railway

South Wales Railway

Southern Railway

Southwold Railway

Stamp, Sir Josiah Charles/Baron Stamp of Shortlands

Stanier, Sir William Arthur

Stephenson, George

Stephenson, Robert

Stirling, Patrick

Stockton & Darlington Railway

Stratford & Moreton Railway

Stratford-upon-Avon & Midland Junction Railway

Stroudley, William

Surrey Iron Railway

Swansea & Mumbles Railway

Swansea Harbour Trust

Szlumper, Albert W

Szlumper, Gilbert

Taff Vale Railway

Talyllyn Railway

Teign Valley Railway

Telford, Thomas

Thornton, Sir Henry Worth

Timoleague & Courtmacsherry Light Railway

Tottenham & Forest Gate Railway

Tralee & Dingle Light Railway

Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association

Trevithick, Richard

Ulster Transport Authority

Underground Electric Railways

Vale of Rheidol Light Railway

Walker, Sir Herbert

Wantage Tramway

War and Railways: The First World, The Second World War

Waterford & Kilkenny Railway

Waterford, Limerick & Western Railway

Waterloo & City Railway

Watkin, Sir Edward

Wedgwood, Sir Ralph Lewis

Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway

West Clare Railway

West Coast Main Line

West Cornwall Railway

West Highland Railway

West London and West London Extension Railways

West Midland Railway

West Somerset Railway

Weston, Clevedon & Portishead Light Railway

Wharncliffe, Lord/James Archibald StuartWortley-Mackenzie

Wheel, Axle Notation

1) Diesel and Electric

Whitby & Pickering Railway

Whitechapel & Bow Joint Railway

Whitelaw, William

Wrexham, Mold & Connah’s Quay Railway

Yerkes, Charles Tyson

York & North Midland Railway

York, Newcastle & Berwick Railway

Yorkshire Dales Railway