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9.6 Freight railway companies

• English Welsh and Scottish Railway — EWS — Website
• Freightliner — Website
• Direct Rail Services
• GB Railfreight

9.7 Open operators and other non-franchised passenger operators

• Eurostar — Website
• Heathrow Express — Website
• Hull Trains — Website
• Northern Ireland Railways — Website

10 Historic railway companies

10.1 Early railway companies (1820s–1840s)

• Canterbury and Whitstable Railway
• Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway (BDJR)
• Grand Junction Railway (GJR)
• Liverpool and Manchester Railway (LMR)
• London and Birmingham Railway (L&BR)
• London and Greenwich Railway
• North Midland Railway (NMR)
• Midland Counties Railway (MCR)
• Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&D)
• Taff Vale Railway (TVR)

10.2 Companies That Went into the Grouping (1923)

• Alexandra (Newport & S Wales) Docks & Railway (ADR)
• Barry Railway (BRY)
• Caledonian Railway (CalR)
• Cambrian Railways (CamR)
• Cardiff Railway (Car)
• Eastern Counties Railway (ECR)
• Furness Railway (FurR)
• Glasgow and South Western Railway (GSWR)
• Great Central Railway (GCR)
• Great Eastern Railway (GER)
• Great Northern Railway (GNR)
• Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR)
• Great Western Railway (GWR)
• Highland Railway (HR)
• Hull and Barnsley Railway (HBR)
• Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR)
• London and North Western Railway (LNWR)
• London and South Western Railway (LSWR)
• London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway (LBSCR)
• Manchester and Birmingham Railway (M&BR)
• Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MSLR)
• Midland Railway (MR)
• North British Railway (NBR)
• North Eastern Railway (NER)
• North Staffordshire Railway (NSR)
• Rhymney Railway (RhyR)
• South Eastern and Chatham Railway1 (SECR)
• Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway (SMJR)

1. The Managing Committee for the London, Chatham and Dover Railway and the South Eastern Railway combined

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