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Railway maps & plans

This rich array of maps and plans reveals the inexorable rise of railways in the 19th century and how they became an established part of the British landscape. See how new lines carved their paths through the British countryside, transforming the environment and connecting towns and cities across the country like never before.

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Great Western Railway map

circa 1900-circa 1948

LNER map

1923-1948

'Map of the London and Birmingham Railway and adjacent country', c 1840

1835-1845

Plan, elevation and brief specification for the Sankey viaduct

A Plan and Section of an intended Railway or Tram-Road from Liverpool to Manchester

1824-1830

Scarborough's map of the British Isles

1911-1914

map of London & South Western Railway

Stanford's Map of Metropolitan Railways, Bridges, Embankments &c. ....

1863

Cheffins's Map of the Railways in England and Scotland

1845

Map, Railway Clearing House

1921

Map, Railway Clearing House

1897

Map, Railway Clearing House

1913

Map of Railway Clearing House in Scotland

1916

Map, Railway Clearing House

1874

Bartholomew's Railway Map of the British Isles

1939

A plan and section of the railway from Liverpool to Manchester, in the county palatine of Lancaster

1829

Map of the East Indian Railway

1846

Brydone's Railway Directory

1858-1862

Map of the Lancashire & Yorkshire North Eastern Railway shewing its connection with the exisiting and projected lines of the district

1846

Royal Route to the North of Scotland via Aberdeen

A travelling county atlas: with all the railroads accurately laid down and coloured

1847

Plan and Section of the intended Railway or Tramroad from Stockton by Darlington to the Collieries near West Auckland

1822

Smith's Railway Map, 1836

1836

Cruchley's Railway Map of England & Wales / G.F. Cruchley

1840

Carriage Plan of Royal train for Queen Victoria's funeral

1901

Bradshaw's Map of the Railways in Great Britain shewing also the line of Navigation from the principal Sea Ports ....

1843

A new map of Great Britain; particularly shewing the Inland Navigation

1844

Smith's Map of England & Wales, Containing the whole of the Turnpike Roads, Railways & Canals

1845

Map, Railway Clearing House

1906

Southern Railway general system

Midland & Great Northern Joint Lines

1914

River Tyne

Liverpool and Manchester Railway Plan 1824

1824-11-20

Map of the Inland Navigation

1830
Relief map, Great Western Railway. In glass case with relief of South-West England including Wales and Cornwall.

Great Western Railway relief map in glass case

Map, National Railway of Zimbabwe, system map.

National Railway of Zimbabwe map

Leeds & Selby Railway. Three sections country from Mr. Watkin's house (c.1830)

Leeds & Selby Railway. Three sections country from Mr. Watkin's house

Leeds & Selby Railway: (2) Lithograph by R. Martin, High Holborn "Plan showing the line of railway near Leeds, also Temple Newsam and the surrounding country" c.1830. Scale about 2 5/8"=1 mile. Picture size 18"x14 1/4". Mounted but unframed

Leeds & Selby Railway: (2) Lithograph by R. Martin

Map of London shewing goods cartage boundary, London & North Eastern Railway, undated.

Map of London shewing goods cartage boundary

Britannia Tubular Bridge. General plan of works from actual survey, October 1848. [3 items, scale 1" : 100'. Printed by Day & Son. Each plan bears ms. ink additions showing lines used and their links to capstans on the shore either side of Menai Straits; one is "Plan of Floating No.1 or A Tube, Floated 4 Dec 1849"; one is "Plan of Floating No.4 or C Tube, Floated 10 June 1850". These items are available on SM negs. 700/94 to 702/94 and C/T PC-305 to PC-307]

Britannia Tubular Bridge Plans

1848
BR map, British Rail - Passenger Network Map as at 1 January 1968

British Rail - Passenger Network Map as at 1 January

1968
Manchester & Leeds Railway, plans and sections of the proposed railway, G Stephenson and T L Gooch, engineers, 1836

Section of the intended variations in the proposed railway, to be called Manchester and Leeds Railway...

1836
Ordnance Survey Map showing Surrey Iron Railway with photographs attached (1900-198 & 200)

Surrey Iron Railway

Plan, Midland Railway, Sheffield Station enlargement, May 1904.

Plan, Midland Railway

1904
[Set of maps (7) re Liverpool and Manchester Railway. All items folded in box. Box bears holograph signature 'Geo. Stephenson'. See below for individual items (of which listing is available)]

[Box of folded maps re Liverpool and Manchester Railway]

1824-1830
Seventeen maps of the rail and road systems of London in the period 1924-1958 (Twelve railway maps, 5 road maps).

Railway and road maps of London

1924-1958
[Map] Plan & Section of the alteration proposed in the Line of Railway from Liverpool to Manchester in the County Palatine of Lancaster [i.e. at the Manchester terminus. nd. This was an improvement on the original plan and was adopted. Scale 1" : 176yds.]

Plan & Section of the alteration proposed in the Line of Railway from Liverpool to Manchester

nd.
[Map showing 'Proposed Leeds & Liverpool Railway' (west of Manchester - this proposal was abandoned); 'Former Line from which the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company were driven by Opposition in 1825' (i.e. the 1824 proposal); 'Present Liverpool and Manchester Railway' (i.e. the 1829 'Parliamentary line'). nd. Scale 1" : 2m.]

Proposed Leeds & Liverpool Railway; Former Line from which the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company were driven by Opposition in 1825; Present Liverpool and Manchester Railway

nd.
[Map] Plan and Section of an Intended Branch Railway from the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in Roby to the Regent's Road in Liverpool and of another Branch therefrom terminating near to the Borough Gaol in Liverpool all in the County Palatine of Lancaster. Geo: Stephenson, Engineer. Surveyed under the direction of Geo. Stephenson, Esqr. by Joseph Locke, Civil Engineer. 1830 Nov 25. [Published by R. Martin, High Holborn. Bears name] J. Bennison, Surveyor. [Follows much the same route as the original 1824 plan. This scheme was abandoned. Scale 1" : 1/4m.

Plan and Section of an Intended Branch Railway from the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in Roby to the Regent's Road in Liverpool and of another Branch therefrom ....

1830
[Map] Plan and Section of the alterations proposed in the Line [between Rainhill and Culcheth townships] of the Railway from Liverpool to Manchester in the county Palatine of Lancaster. [nd. Coloured; Shows 'Parliamentary line' and shorter revised route. Scale 1" : 3/4m.]

Plan and Section of the alterations proposed in the Line [between Rainhill and Culcheth townships] of the Railway from Liverpool to Manchester

nd.