RAILSCOT | Belfast and Northern Counties Railway

/ /1885	Portpatrick Railway Wigtownshire Railway The Caledonian Railway's lease expires - the Portpatrick Railway and Wigtownshire Railway become jointly run as the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway - controlled by the Caledonian Railway, London and North Western Railway, Glasgow and South Western Railway and Midland Railway. The stock was owned by all four companies and operated by the two Scottish companies. The Joint company also owned 4/5 of the Larne and Stranraer Steamship Joint Committee, the remaining 1/5 owned by the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway.
/ /1903	Belfast and Northern Counties Railway Midland Railway Purchase of the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway by the Midland Railway approved.