19/08/1921 | Railways Act Act passed to create London, Midland and Scottish Railway, London and North Eastern Railway, Great Western Railway and Southern Railway by grouping smaller companies into bigger units. This was due to financial problems the railway companies were having in the aftermath of the Great War. |
/ /1923 | London Brighton and Southcoast Railway Southern Railway London, Brighton and South Coast Railway merged into the Southern Railway. |
/ /1923 | Lee-on-the-Solent Railway Southern Railway Lee-on-the-Solent Railway absorbed by the Southern Railway. |
/ /1934 | Railway Air Services London, Midland and Scottish RailwayLondon and North Eastern Railway Great Western Railway Southern Railway Imperial Airways Railway Air Services formed by the LMS, LNER, GWR, SR and Imperial Airways. Airport opened at Renfrew Airport. |
01/01/1948 | British Railways
Forth Bridge Railway
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
London and North Eastern Railway
Great Western Railway
Southern Railway Britains railways are nationalised. |