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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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Map, Railway Clearing House

1897

Plan, elevation and brief specification for the Sankey viaduct

Map, Railway Clearing House

1913

Map of Railway Clearing House in Scotland

1916

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

1846

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

1829

LNER map

1923-1948

Map, Railway Clearing House

1874

Map, Railway Clearing House

1921

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

Bartholomew's Railway Map of the British Isles

1939

Brydone's Railway Directory

1858-1862

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

1824-1830

Map of the East Indian Railway

1846

Cheffins's Map of the Railways in England and Scotland

1845

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

1835-1845

Royal Route to the North of Scotland via Aberdeen

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

1847

Map of the Inland Navigation

1830

River Tyne

Southern Railway general system

Midland & Great Northern Joint Lines

1914

Map, Railway Clearing House

1906

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

1844

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

1843

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

1822

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

1845

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

1840

Smith's Railway Map, 1836

1836

Carriage Plan of Royal train for Queen Victoria's funeral

1901

Liverpool and Manchester Railway Plan 1824

1824-11-20

Great Western Railway map

circa 1900-circa 1948
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

Plan of Goods Depot at Nine Elms, London & South Western Railway. Dated 12 October 1910. Scale 88 feet = 1 inch. [Backed on linen].

Plan of Nine Elms good depot

1910
Map, London Midland & Scottish Railway map of England & Wales.

London Midland & Scottish Railway map

New Ordnance Atlas of the British Isles, with plans, enlarged environs of towns and an alphabetical index, London: George W Bacon, 1882, [loose sheets], outsize.

Ordnance Atlas of the British Isles

1882
Section plan of South Eastern Railway from Folkstone through parishes of Capel Le Ferne, Hougham and St Mary the Virgin across Shakespeare Cliff to Dover scale horizontal 4" - 1 mile vertical 100 ft - 1 "

Plan of railway from Folkstone

1837
Map of the main line system and continental connections also of London & Suburban Districts, Southern Railway

map

1928
Map. London & North Eastern Railway. Diagram of Southern Area. (c1923/1924). Lines superimposed on Ordnance Survey plan. Personal copy of S A Parnwell, Divisional General Manager, Southern Area, London & North Eastern Railway. Backed on linen and folded with covers. 2732 x 3008 mm (flat). 216 x 317 mm (folded).

LNER diagram of southern area

1923-1924
Fragment of title of Drakes map of the Grand Junction Railway showing 'Wildfire' locomotive with tender, carriages and wagons.

Fragment of title of Drakes map of the Grand Junction Railway showing 'Wildfire' locomotive with tender

Broadsheet of Bradshaws Railway Map of Great Britain and Ireland; cab fares to Metropolitan Stations, routes, booking offices, coach fares for Dublin, Hull, Liverpool etc and advertisements, 1868.

Broadsheet of bradshaws railway map

1868
Booklet, "Travelling Charts or Iron Road Books for perusal on the journey [from] London [to] Wolverton on the London and Birmingham", showing the route and with comments and illustrations about notable places, published by the Railway Chronicle, c1840s.

l&br travelling charts

1840-1849
Diagrams of Track Arrangement for Up and Down Road Occupation, British Rail (Southern Region), Sway - Lymington Junction Blanketing Work. Scale: 8" - 1 mile. Plan No CD/D784A, from Divisional engineer's Office, Eastleigh, Oct-Dec 1948.

BR(SR) track diagrams

1948
Plan, of Cheshire Lines Railway and its Connections, and Cheshire Lines Local System, [no scale], coloured, [paper].

Cheshire Lines Committee plan

Plan of Southampton Docks, Owned and managed by The Southern Railway, showing rail connections scale 1" - 640'

Plan of Southampton Docks

1945
Map of the lines of railway in Kent and the proposed Kent Railway promoted by the London, Brighton and South East Railway Company: supplement to the Kentish Observer, presented gratis to subscribers

map

1847
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