Statute Law Repeals - Law Commission - Ministry of Justice

London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company (Rates and Charges)
Order Confirmation Act 1891 419
Midland Railway Company (Rates and Charges) Order Confirmation Act
1891 420
South-Eastern Railway Company (Rates and Charges) Order Confirmation
Act 1891 421
London and North Western Railway Company (Rates and Charges) Order
Confirmation Act 1891 422
Great Western Railway Company (Rates and Charges) Order
Confirmation Act 1891. 423
9.212 The various Acts were designed to confirm a series of provisional orders made
under the 1888 Act. The orders were annexed to the confirmation Acts in
schedules, and - in broad terms - they set down scales of maximum rates and
charges for handling different forms of merchandise (classified by weight and
description, and charged by the ton and the nature of the service provided eg
unloading). They also provided mechanisms for fixing the appropriate rates and
charges by reference to travel distance, weight and so forth, and applied the
charges to other specific railway companies which were listed in appendices. 424
1892: Provisional Order Confirmation Acts
9.213 The following provisional order confirmation Acts were passed in 1892:
418 54 & 55 Vict. c.ccxvii (1891). The LBSCR was formed in 1846 by amalgamation of a
number of smaller railway companies. By September 1841 London was linked to Brighton
and later to Chichester and Hastings. The LBSCR existed until grouping under the SR in
1923.
419 54 & 55 Vict. c.ccxviii (1891). The LCDR was formed in 1859 from the former East Kent
Railway. The LCDR and the South Eastern Railway (SER) operated jointly as the South
Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR) from 1899 until grouping (under the SR) in 1923.
420 54 & 55 Vict. c.ccxix (1891). The Midland Railway (MR) was formed by amalgamation in
May 1844. London St Pancras was opened in October 1868. The MR was grouped into the
London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1923.
421
54 & 55 Vict. c.ccxx (1891). The SER was incorporated in 1836 and grew swiftly. It was
grouped under the SR in 1923.
422 54 & 55 Vict. c.ccxxi (1891). The LNWR was formed in 1846 from three smaller railway
companies. It survived until grouping in 1923 under the LMS.
423 54 & 55 Vict. c.ccxxii (1891). The GWR came into being in 1835 and opened its London
Paddington terminus in June 1838. In the 1923 grouping the GWR retained its name, and
some 50 separate companies were brought under its umbrella.
424 In all, some 79 companies were regulated by the nine 1891 Order Confirmation Acts.
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