London Midland & Scottish Railway Company 1923 - 1947
- occupation:
- Railway company
- Nationality:
- British
- born in:
- United Kingdom
- Made:
- Wolverton railway works, Crewe railway works, Derby railway works, Earlestown Wagon Works, Eastleigh railway works, Horwich Railway Works, Bow Railway Works, Ainsdale Beach, Midland Hotel, Morecambe, Midland Hotel, Bradford, Adelphi Hotel, Queens Hotel, Keighley, Midland Hotel, Manchester, Midland Grand Hotel, Midland Hotel, Derby, Normanton Railway Station, Queens Hotel, Leeds, Exchange Station Hotel, Park Hotel, North Stafford Hotel, Churnet Valley Hotel, Hotel Rudyard, Furness Abbey Hotel, Windermere Hotel, North Western Hotel, Liverpool, Crewe Arms Hotel, County Hotel, Station Hotel, Bletchley, New Station Hotel (The Royal Hotel), Queens Hotel, Alderley Edge, Central Station Hotel, Caledonian Hotel, Gleneagles Hotel, Station Hotel, Perth, St Enoch Hotel, Station Hotel, Ayr, Station Hotel, Dumfries, Turnberry Hotel, Station Hotel, Inverness, Station Hotel, Achnasheen, Highland Hotel, Dornoch Hotel, Welcombe Hotel, Prestatyn Holiday Camp and Lochalsh Hotel
The London Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) was formed in 1 January 1923 under the Railways Act of 1921 which led to the grouping of over 120 separate railway companies, including London and North Western Railway, Midland Railway, Furness Railway, Glasgow and South Western Railway, Highland Railway, North Staffordshire Railway and the Caledonian Railway as well as other subsidiary companies. The principal routes were the West Coast Main Line and the Midland Main Line, which linked London, the industrial Midlands and North-West of England, and Scotland to which they principally delivered freight. The company was nationalised on 1 January 1948 to become part of British Railways.