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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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LNER map

1923-1948

Great Western Railway map

circa 1900-circa 1948

Map, Railway Clearing House

1897

Bartholomew's Railway Map of the British Isles

1939

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

1822

Plan, elevation and brief specification for the Sankey viaduct

Map, Railway Clearing House

1913

Map of Railway Clearing House in Scotland

1916

Map, Railway Clearing House

1921

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

Map, Railway Clearing House

1874

Royal Route to the North of Scotland via Aberdeen

map of London & South Western Railway

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

1863

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

1829

Scarborough's map of the British Isles

1911-1914

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

1824-1830

Map of the East Indian Railway

1846

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

1835-1845

Cheffins's Map of the Railways in England and Scotland

1845

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

Southern Railway general system

River Tyne

Midland & Great Northern Joint Lines

1914

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

1844

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

1847

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

1843

Map of the Inland Navigation

1830

Map, Railway Clearing House

1906

Liverpool and Manchester Railway Plan 1824

1824-11-20
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 the intended branch canal from the main canal near Killerby to the Collieries made by George Dixon of Cockfield, also showing plan of waggon way from near Raby Castle towards Staindrop, May 1770, scale 4 furlongs: 1 inch, paper backed on linen.

1770 plan of intended canal near Killerby

1770
Map of York 1851 showing station, York and North Midland Railway and York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway lines and associated sidings and workshops, coal depots, staithes, and surrounding streets.

Map of York 1851

1851
Six inch ordnance survey map showing a proposed railway linking the Cromford and High Peak Railway at Longcliffe with the Great Northern Railway at Pinxton and the planned Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway's extension to London (later Great Central Railway) at Annesley.

Proposed railway plan Longcliffe, Annesley and Pinxton

circa 1890-1899
Map, system diagram, Southern Railway, 'London West Division, Area No. 6 (Part 2 - Isle of White)', monochrome, paper.

Map, system diagram

Map, Great Eastern Railway, 'East London', undated early 1900's, hand tinted for detail, published/printed by Ordnance Survey, paper-backed linen.

Map, Great Eastern Railway, East London

1900
Map, Railway Clearing House, Scotland, 1920, coloured, 1 inch to 7 1/2 miles.

Map, Railway Clearing House

1920
Map, North Eastern Railway, 'South Durham Coalfield', 3/4 inch to 1 mile, printed by Chorley & Pickersgill, paper.

Map, North Eastern Railway

Map, railway, 'Gloucestershire', Ordnance Survey, c. 1830 (but shows several railways), monochrome, 1 inch to 1 mile, paper-backed linen.

Map, railway, 'Gloucestershire'

1830
Map, Railway Clearing House, Ireland, 1920, coloured, 1 inch to 7 1/2 miles.

Map, Railway Clearing House

1920
Map, Railway Clearing House, Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire, 1897, coloured.

Map, Railway Clearing House

1897
Lithograph, probably by R. Martin: sections of country from Mr Walker's house across the line of the proposed Leeds & Selby Railway to various points. Picture size 7' 5" x 19"

Sections of country from Mr Walker's house across the line of the proposed Leeds & Selby Railway to various points

Map, Railway Clearing House, London, 1897, coloured, published by H Smart, Railway Clearing House.

Map, Railway Clearing House

1897
Map, system map, Great Eastern Railway, 1919, published/printed by GER, drawn by L Dix, paper-backed linen.

Map, system map

1919
Map, Railway Clearing House, Manchester, 1899, coloured.

Map, Railway Clearing House, Manchester, 1899, coloured.

1899