Midland Railway
type: Organization
type: Agent
type: Organisation
type: Company
type: SocialPerson
type: Thing
type: Q24229398
type: Q43229
type: Q4830453
label: Midland Railway Company @el
label: ミッドランド鉄道 @ja
label: 米德兰铁路 @zh
closing date: 1922-12-31
closing year: 1922
description: société de chemin de fer au Royaume-Uni (1844-1922) @fr
description: società ferroviaria del Regno Unito @it
description: nekdanja britanska železniška družba (1844–1922) @sl
description: cyn cwmni rheilffordd Prydeinig (1844-1922) @cy
description: uma empresa ferroviária do Reino Unido @pt
description: compañía ferroviaria británica desaparecida @es
description: British pre-grouping railway company (1844–1922)
description: ehemalige britische Bahngesellschaft @de
headquarter: Derby
opening date: 1844-05-10
opening year: 1844
track length: 3492276.48
subject: Category:British companies established in 1844
subject: Category:Collection of Derby Museum and Art Gallery
subject: Category:London, Midland and Scottish Railway constituents
subject: Category:Pre-grouping British railway companies
subject: Category:Midland Railway
subject: Category:Companies based in Derby
subject: Category:Railway companies established in 1844
subject: Category:1922 mergers and acquisitions
end year: 1922-12-31
hq city: Derby
logo filename: Midland Railway.svg
predecessor line: North Midland Railway
predecessor line: Midland Counties Railway
predecessor line: Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway
railroad name: Midland Railway
align: left
bot: InternetArchiveBot
citation: 41
citation: 26
citation: 7
collapsed: yes
date: April 2023
fix attempted: yes
footer: Clockwise from top left: Coat of arms displayed on the outside wall of Derby station; insignia on London Road bridge, Leicester; and wyverns in the wrought iron canopy at and in a carved capital at
image: Station Canopy at Hellifield - geograph.org.uk - 1469160.jpg
image: Wyvern .jpg
image: Midland Railway - geograph.org.uk - 2301176.jpg
image: Midland Railway Coat of Arms - geograph.org.uk - 630459.jpg
image caption: The Midland Grand Hotel at St Pancras station, the London terminus of the Midland Railway in June 2012
locale: England and Wales
logo size: 200
long title: An Act for the Construction by the Midland Railway Company of a new Line of Railway between London and Bedford, with Branches therefrom; and for other Purposes.
long title: An Act for conferring additional powers on the Midland Railway Company for the construction of railways and other works, the acquisition of lands, and the raising of capital, and for vesting in them the undertaking of the Stonehouse and Nailsworth Railway Company; for conferring powers on the Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies Committee for the acquisition of a private railway and additional lands; and for other purposes.
original text: ukla 18630074 en.pdf
parliament: Parliament of the United Kingdom
perrow: 2
royal assent: 1863-06-22
short title: Midland Railway Act 1844
short title: Midland Railway Act 1863
start year: 1844-05-10
total width: 300
type: Act
year: 1844
year: 1863
year: 1878
successor line: London, Midland and Scottish Railway
hypernym: Company