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  1. HeadquartersManchester
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    Dates of operation9 July 1847–1 January 1922
  1. Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway - Wikiwand

  2. ABOUT THE L&Y – lyrtrust.org.uk - Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway

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    The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) was a major British railway company before the 1923 Grouping. It was created in 1847 by joining the Manchester and Leeds Railway and a number of smaller railway companies. It was the third largest railway system based in Northern England. Only the Midland Railway and the North Eastern Railway were bigger.
    The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway locomotive works were originally at Miles Platting, Manchester. From 1889 they were at Horwich . The L&YR came into being in 1847 when the Manchester and Leeds Railway changed its name. Locomotives added to its stock before that date came from the: As the L&YR, locomotives were taken into stock from the:
    They also (in joint ownership of the vessels with the London and North Western Railway) operated ships between Fleetwood, Belfast and Londonderry. The Lancashire and Yorkshire and London and North Western Railways merged in 1922 and were absorbed into the London Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923.
    ISBN 1-899624-29-5. Normington, Thomas (1898). The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway — being a full account of the rise and progress of this railway, together with numerous interesting reminiscences and incidents on the line. Manchester: J. Heywood. OCLC 26345942.
  4. Brief History | LYRS

  5. LYRS | The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Society

  6. Locomotives | LYRS