London & North Western Railway 1846 - 1922
- occupation:
- Railway company
- Nationality:
- British
- born in:
- United Kingdom
- Made:
- Wolverton railway works, Crewe railway works, Earlestown Wagon Works, Bow Railway Works, Greenore station, Park Hotel, Windermere Hotel, Euston Hotel, Victoria Hotel, Euston, The Queen's Hotel, Birmingham, The Queens Hotel, Birmingham New Street, North Western Hotel, Blaenau Ffestiniog, North Western Hotel, Liverpool, Crewe Arms Hotel, County Hotel, Station Hotel, Bletchley, New Station Hotel (The Royal Hotel), Queens Hotel, Alderley Edge, North Wall Hotel and Station Hotel, Greenore
In 1846 three companies, London & Birmingham, Grand Junction Railway and Manchester & Birmingham amalgamated to form the London & North Western Railway. The London & North Western Railway continued to expand and by 1868 the company had added links to Oxford, Cambridge, Leeds, Swansea and Cardiff. However, attempts to amalgamate with Midland Railway ended in failure. By 1871 the London & North Western Railway employed 15,000 people. As part of the 1923 Grouping the LNWR became a constituent of the London, Midland and Scottish (LMS) Railway.