Date of acquisition |
Railway Company |
Length of line |
10 May 1844 |
Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway. |
20¾ miles
|
10 May 1844 |
Oxford Railway |
9¾ miles
|
14 July 1846 |
Berkshire and Hampshire Railway |
22½ miles
|
22 July 1847 |
Great Western and Uxbridge Railway |
5½ miles
|
31 August 1848 |
Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway |
24¾ miles
|
14 May 1846 |
Oxford and Rugby Railway |
Not opened |
01 July 1851 |
Avon and Gloucestershire Railway |
5¾ miles
|
01 September 1854 |
Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway |
38 miles |
01 September 1854 |
Shrewsbury and Chester Railway |
41 miles |
01 September 1854 |
Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Chester Junction Railway |
4 miles |
01 September 1854 |
North Wales Mineral Railway |
14¾ miles
|
29 July 1862 |
Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway |
22½ miles
|
01 August 1863 |
Chipping Norton Railway |
4½ miles
|
01 August 1863 |
West Midland Railway |
198¾
|
2 July 1847
|
Forest of Dean Railway |
7¼ miles
|
01 January 1846 |
Hereford Railway |
13½ miles
|
03 August 1846 |
Llanvihangel Railway |
6¼ miles
|
01 January 1860 |
Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway |
38¼ miles
|
01 January 1860 |
Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway |
89 miles |
01 January 1852 |
Stratford and Moreton Railway |
16 miles |
01 January 1860 |
Worcester and Hereford Railway |
29¾ miles
|
01 August 1863 |
South Wales Railway |
164¾ miles
|
01 January 1866 |
Hayle Railway |
12 miles |
01 January 1866 |
West Cornwall Railway |
29 miles |
10 August 1866 |
Vale of Neath |
16¼ miles
|
21 July 1859 |
Aberdare Railway |
7½ miles
|
05 August 1863 |
Swansea and Neath Railway |
7 miles |
31 January 1867 |
Wycombe Railway |
42¼ miles
|
01 August 1868 |
Bristol and South Wales Union Railway |
12½ miles
|
12 July 1869 |
Tenbury and Bewdley Railway |
14 miles |
12 July 1869 |
Wellington and Drayton Railway |
16¼ miles
|
31 July 1871 |
Stourbridge Railway |
13 miles |
01 January 1872 |
Great Western and Brentford Railway |
4 miles |
18 July 1872 |
Severn Valley Railway |
42½ miles
|
26 July 1869 |
Swansea Vale and Neath and Brecon Junction Railway |
7½ miles
|
25 July 1872 |
Wallingford and Watlington Railway |
2¾ miles
|
28 July 1873 |
Briton Ferry Floating Dock and Railway |
½ mile
|
01 February 1874 |
Bourton-on-the-Water Railway |
6½ miles
|
30 June 1874 |
East Somerset Railway |
16¾ miles
|
30 June 1874 |
Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway |
15½ miles
|
13 July 1876 |
Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway |
9¾ miles
|
01 August 1876 |
Bristol and Exeter Railway |
138½ miles
|
08 June 1863 |
Chard and Taunton Railway |
19½ miles
|
19 June 1865 |
Cheddar Valley and Yatton Railway |
22½ miles
|
19 July 1875 |
Exe Valley Railway |
7½ miles
|
01 August 1876 |
Bristol Harbour Railway |
1 mile |
23 July 1877 |
Bala and Dolgelly Railway |
22½ miles
|
01 August 1878 |
South Devon Railway |
35½ miles
|
01 July 1865 |
South Devon and Tavistock Railway |
13 miles |
01 August 1866 |
Dartmouth and Torbay Railway |
7 miles |
18 July 1872 |
Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway |
12 miles |
24 June 1869 |
Launceston and South Devon Railway |
19 miles |
01 August 1880 |
Monmouthshire Railway and Canal |
9½ miles
|
06 August 1880 |
Ely and Clydach Valleys Railway |
3¾ miles
|
06 August 1880 |
Malmesbury Railway |
6½ miles
|
06 August 1880 |
Mitcheldean Road and Forest of Dean Junction Railway |
3¼ miles
|
22 August 1881 |
Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway |
20 miles |
22 August 1881 |
Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway |
25 miles |
19 May 1882 |
Torbay and Brixham Railway |
2 miles |
10 August 1882 |
Swindon and Highworth Railway |
1¼ miles
|
10 August 1882 |
Berkshire and Hampshire Extension Railway |
24½ miles
|
01 July 1883 |
Llynfi and Ogmore Railway |
38¾ miles
|
05 July 1865 |
Ely Valley Extension Railway |
34 miles |
10 August 1861 |
Bridgend Railway |
4½ miles
|
01 July 1876 |
Cardiff and Ogmore Railway |
8¼ miles
|
28 June 1866 |
Ogmore Valley Railways |
10 miles |
01 July 1883 |
Alcester Railway |
6½ miles
|
01 July 1883 |
Stratford-upon-Avon Railway |
9 miles |
20 August 1883 |
Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway |
8¾ miles
|
01 July 1884 |
Bristol and Portishead Pier and Railway |
10 miles |
07 August 1884 |
Bristol and North Somerset Railway |
20 miles |
07 August 1884 |
Coleford Railway |
5¼ miles
|
25 June 1886 |
Faringdon Railway |
4 miles |
01 July 1888 |
Worcester, Bromyard and Leominster Railway |
14¾ miles
|
01 July 1888 |
Leominster and Bromyard Railway |
12 miles |
13 August 1888 |
Kingsbridge and Salcombe Railway |
Not opened |
24 June 1889 |
Cornwall Railway |
72 miles |
24 June 1889 |
Llanelly Railway and Dock |
60 miles |
04 August 1890 |
Whitland and Cardigan Railway |
25 miles |
04 August 1890 |
Witney Railway |
25½ miles
|
01 September 1890 |
East Gloucestershire Railway |
14 miles |
28 June 1892 |
East Usk Railway |
4 miles |
01 July 1892 |
Calne Railway |
5¼ miles
|
01 July 1892 |
Newent Railway |
12¾ miles
|
01 July 1892 |
Ross and Ledbury Railway |
4¾ miles
|
01 July 1892 |
Wellington and Severn Junction Railway |
11½ miles
|
01 July 1894 |
Tiverton and North Devon Railway |
8 miles |
31 July 1894 |
Oldbury Railway |
3½ miles
|
12 February 1896 |
North Pembroke and Fishguard Railway |
14¾ miles
|
07 August 1896 |
Abbotsbury Railway |
6½ miles
|
07 August 1896 |
Corwen and Bala Railway |
18 miles |
07 August 1896 |
Llangollen and Corwen Railway |
9 miles |
07 August 1896 |
Marlborough Railway |
5½ miles
|
07 August 1896 |
Milford Railway |
4 miles |
07 August 1896 |
Vale of Llangollen Railway |
15 miles |
07 August 1896 |
Wenlock Railway |
14 miles |
01 July 1897 |
Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway |
33 miles |
01 July 1897 |
Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway |
9½ miles
|
01 July 1897 |
Kington and Eardisley Railway |
13½ miles
|
01 July 1897 |
Nantwich and Market Drayton Railway |
10¾ miles
|
06 August 1897 |
Great Marlow Railway |
2¾ miles
|
06 August 1897 |
Minehead Railway |
8 miles |
06 August 1897 |
Pembroke and Tenby Railway |
28 miles |
06 August 1897 |
Woodstock Railway |
2½ miles
|
02 August 1898 |
Helston Railway |
8 miles |
02 August 1898 |
Leominster and Kington Railway |
13¼ miles
|
01 August 1899 |
Golden Valley Railway |
18¾ miles
|
01 July 1900 |
Birmingham and Henley-in-Arden Railway |
3 miles |
30 July 1900 |
Birmingham, North Warwickshire and Stratford-upon-Avon Railway |
18 miles |
26 July 1901 |
Bridport Railway |
9¼ miles
|
26 July 1901 |
Devon and Somerset Railway |
42¼ miles
|
11 August 1903 |
Ely Valley Railway |
24 miles |
15 August 1904 |
Abingdon Railway |
2¾ miles
|
04 August 1905 |
Lambourn Valley Light Railway |
12 miles |
04 August 1905 |
Wye Valley Railway |
15½ miles
|
26 July 1910 |
Bala and Festiniog Railway |
22 miles |
01 January 1922 |
Cardiff Railway |
6½ miles
|
01 January 1922 |
Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway |
12 miles |
01 January 1922 |
Neath and Brecon Railway |
23 miles |
01 January 1922 |
Princetown Railway |
10½ miles
|
01 January 1922 |
Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway |
38¾ miles
|
01 January 1922 |
Rhymney Railway |
28 miles |
01 January 1922 |
Ross and Monmouth Railway |
10¼ miles
|
01 July 1922 |
Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway |
26½ miles
|
28 July 1863 |
Rumney Tramroad |
21¾ miles
|
01 July 1922 |
Burry Port and Gwendreath Valley Railway |
21 miles |
GROUPING - 01 January 1923 |
Barry Railway |
68 miles |
GROUPING - 01 January 1923 |
Cambrian Railways |
228¼ miles
|
05 August 1866 |
Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway |
75 miles |
25 July 1864 |
Llanidloes and Newtown Railway |
14 miles |
24 June 1904 |
Mid-Wales Railway |
46¾ miles
|
25 July 1864 |
Newtown and Machynlleth Railway |
22¾ miles
|
25 July 1864 |
Oswestry, Ellesmere and Whitchurch Railway |
12¾ miles
|
25 July 1864 |
Oswestry and Newtown Railway |
33¼ miles
|
06 August 1897 |
Vale of Rheidol Light Railway |
11¾ miles
|
01 August 1896 |
Van Railway |
6½ miles
|
GROUPING - 01 January 1923 |
Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway |
45 miles |
GROUPING - 01 January 1923 |
Exeter Railway |
12 miles |
GROUPING - 01 January 1923 |
Forest of Dean Central Railway |
4¾ miles
|
GROUPING - 01 January 1923 |
Gwendraeth Valleys Railway |
3 miles |
GROUPING - 01 January 1923 |
Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway |
12 miles |
GROUPING - 01 January 1923 |
Liskeard and Looe Railway |
10½ miles
|
GROUPING - 01 January 1923 |
Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway |
12 miles |
GROUPING - 01 January 1923 |
Mawddwy Railway |
6¾ miles
|
GROUPING - 01 January 1923 |
Midland and South Western Junction Railway |
58¾ miles
|
01 August 1899 |
Marlborough and Grafton Railway |
8¼ miles
|
23 June 1884 |
Swindon and Cheltenham Extension Railway |
26¼ miles
|
23 June 1884 |
Swindon, Marlborough and Andover Railway |
32½ miles
|
GROUPING - 01 January 1923 |
Penarth Extension Railway |
1 mile |
GROUPING - 01 January 1923 |
Penarth Harbour Dock and Railway |
11 miles |
GROUPING - 01 January 1923 |
Port Talbot Railway and Docks |
58½ miles
|
07 August 1896 |
Cefn and Pyle Railway |
6½ miles
|
GROUPING - 01 January 1923 |
South Wales Mineral Railway |
11¼ miles
|
GROUPING - 01 January 1923 |
Taff Vale Railway |
124½ miles
|
31 July 1902 |
Aberdare Railway |
7½ miles
|
26 August 1889 |
Cowbridge Railway |
10 miles |
17 August 1894 |
Cowbridge and Aberthaw Railway |
6½ miles
|
26 August 1889 |
Dare Valley Railway |
3½ miles
|
26 August 1889 |
Llantrisant and Taff Vale Junction Railway |
7 miles |
26 August 1889 |
Rhondda Valley and Hirwain Junction Railway |
3¼ miles
|
GROUPING - 01 January 1923 |
Vale of Glamorgan Railway |
21 miles |
GROUPING - 01 January 1923 |
Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway |
9 miles |
GROUPING - 01 January 1923 |
West Somerset Railway |
13¼ miles
|
GROUPING - 01 January 1923 |
Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway |
12¾ miles
|