British Railways London Midland Region

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British Railways London Midland Region was the post-nationalisation division of British Railways responsible for former London, Midland and Scottish Railway routes, including the operation of locomotives such as the LMS Black Five.

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division of British Railways ⓘ
railway region ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolutionCause sectorisation of British Rail ⓘ
dissolved 1980s ⓘ
followedBy InterCity sector ⓘ
Railfreight sector ⓘ
Regional Railways sector ⓘ
linked to: Regional Railways
hadSubsequentReorganisation integration into sector-based structure of British Rail ⓘ
headquartersLocation Euston, London ⓘ
linked to: London Euston
inception 1948 ⓘ
notableStationOnNetwork Birmingham New Street ⓘ
Liverpool Lime Street ⓘ
London Euston ⓘ
Manchester Piccadilly ⓘ
operatedLocomotiveClass AC electric locomotives on West Coast Main Line ⓘ
BR Class 40 diesel-electric locomotives ⓘ
BR Class 47 diesel-electric locomotives ⓘ
BR Standard Class 4 ⓘ
BR Standard Class 5 ⓘ
BR Standard Class 7 (Britannia) ⓘ
LMS Jubilee Class ⓘ
LMS Princess Coronation Class ⓘ
LMS Princess Royal Class ⓘ
LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 (Black Five) ⓘ
operatedOnRailNetwork Midland Main Line (southern sections and associated routes) ⓘ
linked to: Midland Main Line

West Coast Main Line ⓘ
routes in North Wales ⓘ
routes in North West England ⓘ
routes in parts of Scotland ⓘ
routes in the English Midlands ⓘ
parentOrganization British Transport Commission ⓘ
partOf British Railways ⓘ
linked to: British Rail
predecessor London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ
railwayRegionOf England ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
responsibleFor freight train services on former LMS routes ⓘ
infrastructure maintenance on former LMS routes ⓘ
passenger train services on former LMS routes ⓘ
startCause nationalisation of British railways under the Transport Act 1947 ⓘ
usedBrand British Railways ⓘ
linked to: British Rail
usedLivery British Rail blue and grey coaching stock livery ⓘ
linked to: Rail Blue

British Railways lined black steam locomotive livery ⓘ
British Railways maroon coaching stock livery ⓘ
usedRollingStockType diesel locomotives ⓘ
electric locomotives ⓘ
steam locomotives ⓘ
usedSignallingPractice colour light signalling on main lines ⓘ
upper quadrant semaphore signals (legacy LMS practice) ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

LMS Black Five → successorOperator → British Railways London Midland Region ⓘ
LMS → successorCompany → British Railways London Midland Region ⓘ
British Railways Western Region → concurrentWith → British Railways London Midland Region ⓘ
British Rail first-generation DMUs → usedBy → London Midland Region of British Railways ⓘ
linked to: British Railways London Midland Region
BR Standard Class 4 steam locomotives → regionOfOperation → British Railways London Midland Region ⓘ
6200 Princess Royal → successorOperator → British Railways London Midland Region ⓘ
Black Five → railwayRegion → British Railways London Midland Region ⓘ
5MT → railwayRegionContext → British Railways London Midland Region ⓘ
Leamington Spa – Nuneaton → railwayRegion → London Midland Region (historical) ⓘ
linked to: British Railways London Midland Region
Sulzer 12LDA28C → notableOperator → British Railways Midland Region ⓘ
linked to: British Railways London Midland Region
Leicester Central → laterOwner → British Railways (London Midland Region) ⓘ
linked to: British Railways London Midland Region