Midland and South Western Junction Railway
The Midland and South Western Junction Railway (M&SWJR) was an independent railway built to form a north–south link between the Midland Railway and the London and South Western Railway in England, allowing the Midland and other companies' trains to reach the port of Southampton. The M&SWJR was formed in 1884 from the amalgamation of the Swindon, Marlborough and Andover Railway and the Swindon and Cheltenham Extension Railway. The line was absorbed by the Great Western Railway at the 1923 grouping of the railways, and became part of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The railway closed to passengers in 1961, and to goods between 1964 and 1970. A small part of it has been reopened as the heritage Swindon and Cricklade Railway.
Marlborough railway stations from an old postcard
Swindon Marlborough & Andover Railway single Fairlie 0-4-4T locomotive of 1878.
Former trackbed of the railway south of Swindon
The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844. The Midland was one of the largest railway companies in Britain in the early 20th century, and the largest employer in Derby, where it had its headquarters. It amalgamated with several other railways to create the London, Midland and Scottish Railway at grouping in 1923.
The Midland Grand Hotel at St Pancras station, the London terminus of the Midland Railway in June 2012
Midland Railway boundary marker at Sutton Bonington, Nottinghamshire, July 2019
1840 print of Curzon Street railway station in Birmingham
An illustration of King's Cross from 1852, shortly before its use by the Midland Railway