The London, Midland and Scottish Railway, known as the LMS, was a British railway company formed on 1 January 1923 under the Railways Act 1921, which required the grouping of more than 120 separate railway companies into four main line companies covering Great Britain. The businesses merged into the LMS included the London and North Western Railway, the Midland Railway, the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, several Scottish railway companies, and numerous other smaller concerns.
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Company Type Founded Year Chronology
Dissolved Year Connections
Operates In
Source Wikidata: London, Midland and Scottish Railway
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1. Wikidata: London, Midland and Scottish Railway
WikidataWikidata statement: inception (P571)
inception: 1923
Wikidata statement: dissolved, abolished or demolished date (P576)
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1947
Wikidata item description
British railway company (1923-1947)
Operates In: Railroad Industry, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q3565868, matched to the live industry entity "Railroad Industry" by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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