Catalogue description Midland and Great Northern Railway's Joint Committee

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Reference: RAIL 487
Title: Midland and Great Northern Railway's Joint Committee
Description:

Minutes, deeds, agreements, contracts, specifications, estimate plans, Midland and Great Northern Railway's Joint Committee.

Date: 1862-1959
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: MGNJ
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Great Northern Railway Company, 1846-1923

Midland Railway Company, 1844-1923

Physical description: 130 files, rolls and volumes
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Administrative / biographical background:

Formerly the Eastern & Midlands Railway Company which was incorporated by act of 18 August 1882, and comprised the Lynn & Fakenham, Yarmouth & North Norfolk (Light), and Yarmouth Union undertakings which were dissolved on and from 31 December 1882. The company also controlled the Cromer Railway.

As from 1 July 1893 the properties of the company were acquired by the Midland and Great Northern companies under the provisions of the Midland and Great Northern railway companies (Eastern and Midland Railway) Act 1893, managed by a Joint Committee of the two companies having equal rights.

The Midland Railway became vested in the London Midland & Scottish Railway Company, and the Great Northern Railway in the London & North Eastern Railway Company as from 1 January 1923.

The committee passed to the British Transport Commission under Schedule 3 of the Transport Act 1947.

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