Statute Law Repeals - Law Commission - Ministry of Justice

Railway Rates and Charges, No.16 (North London Railway), Order
Confirmation Act 1892 440
Railway Rates and Charges, No.17 (North Staffordshire Railway, &c.),
Order Confirmation Act 1892 441
Railway Rates and Charges, No.18 (Taff Vale Railway, &c.), Order
Confirmation Act 1892 442
Railway Rates and Charges, No.19 (Caledonian Railway, &c.), Order
Confirmation Act 1892 443
Railway Rates and Charges, No.20 (Callander and Oban Railway), Order
Confirmation Act 1892 444
Railway Rates and Charges, No.21 (City of Glasgow Union Railway),
Order Confirmation Act 1892 445
Railway Rates and Charges, No.22 (Glasgow and South Western Railway,
&c.), Order Confirmation Act 1892 446
439 55 & 56 Vict. c.liii (1892). The North Eastern Railway (NER) was formed in 1854 from three
companies and was grouped in 1923 under the LNER. The 1892 (No.15) Act applied to 7
railway companies in all, all based in the north east of England.
440 55 & 56 Vict. c.liv (1892). The North London Railway was formed in 1853 and, by 1861 in
conjunction with the LNWR, operated between the India Docks and Broad Street in the
City. In 1909 common management with the LNWR was introduced and the operation
became part of the LMS grouping in 1923.
441 55 & 56 Vict. c.lv (1892). The North Staffordshire Railway was centred on the potteries
industry in Stoke-on-Trent. It opened in 1848 and by 1875 - when it had expanded its
network - it had agreed mutual running arrangements with the LNWR. In 1923 the railway
was incorporated within the LMS grouping. The 1892 (No.17) Act applied to 5 linked
railway companies.
442 55 & 56 Vict. c.lvi (1892). The Taff Vale Railway opened in the late 1830s, and had created
a rail link between Cardiff Docks and Merthyr Tydfil by 1841. By 1902 the railway company
had acquired further railway operations in South Wales. The company was absorbed into
the GWR on grouping in 1923. The 1892 (No.18) Act applied to some 10 railway
companies, all bar one based in South Wales.
443 55 & 56 Vict. c.lvii (1892). The Caledonian Railway operated between Carlisle and
Glasgow from 1850 onwards. Passenger services between Glasgow and London followed
in due course and, by 1918 parts of other railway operations in Scotland fell within its
control. The Caledonian Railway became part of the LMS on grouping in 1923. The 1892
(No.19) Act embraced some 12 railway companies with Scottish or Carlisle links.
444 55 & 56 Vict. c.lviii (1892). The Callander and Oban Railway opened in 1880 (although the
company was formed in 1865), and was operated by the Caledonian Railway. In 1923 it
was grouped under the LMS.
445 55 & 56 Vict. c.lix (1892). The City of Glasgow Union Railway opened in part in 1870
(completed 1876). In 1896 the railway company was dissolved and its operations were split
between the North British Railway (NBR) and the Glasgow and South Western Railway
(GSWR). In 1923 the NBR was grouped under the LNER and the GSWR was grouped
under the LMS.
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