User:Iain Bell/1869 railways

List of railway companies existing in 1869, taken from Bradshaw's Railway Manual, Shareholders' Guide, and Official Directory for 1869 (volume xxi).

Note that the original list omits "Company", "Railway" and "Railroad" from the end of the name of enterprises.

United Kingdom. 001. Aberdare Railway 002. Aberdare and Central Wales Junction Railway 003. Abergavenny and Monmouth Railway 004. Abingdon Railway 005. Aboyne and Braemar Railway 006. Acton and Brentford Railway 007. Afon Valley Railway 008. Aldborough Pier 009. Alford and Mablethorp Railway 010. Alyth Railway 011. Anglesea Central Railway 012. Arbroath and Forfar Railway 013. Athenry and Ennis Junction Railway 014. Athenry and Tuam Railway 015. Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway 016. Ayr and Maybole Junction Railway 017. Bala and Dolgelly Railway 018. Barnoldswick Railway 019. Banbridge Extension Railway 020. Banbridge Junction Railway 021. Banbridge, Lisburn and Belfast Railway 022. Barry Railway 023. Beddgelert Railway 024. Bedford and Northampton Railway 025. Belfast Central Railway 026. Belfast and County Down Railway 027. Belfast, Holywood and Bangor Railway 028. Belfast and Northern Counties Railway 029. Bembridge Railway 030. Berks and Hants Railway 031. Berwickshire Railway 032. Biddeford, Appledore and Westward Ho Railway 033. Birkenhead Railway 034. Birmingham and Sutton Coldfield Extension Railway 035. Bishop's Castle Railway 036. Bishop's Waltham Railway 037. Blackpool and Lytham 038. Blane Valley Railway 039. Blyth and Tyne Railway 040. Bodmin Railway 041. Bodwin and Wadebridge Railway 042. Bo'ness and Grangemouth Railway 043. Bourton-on-the-Water Railway 044. Bradford, Eccleshill and Idle Railway 045. Brampton and Longtown Railway 046. Bray and Enniskerry Railway 047. Brean Down Harbour 048. Brecon and Llandovery Junction Railway 049. Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway 050. Bridgenorth, Wolverhamton and Staffordshire Railway 051. Bridport Railway 052. Bristol and Exeter Railway 053. Bristol Harbour 054. Bristol and North Somerset Railway 055. Bristol Port and Pier 056. Bristol and Portishead Railway 057. Bristol and South Wales Union Railway 058. Broxburn Railway 059. Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway 060. Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway 061. Buckinghamshire Railway 062. Buckley Railway 063. Bude Canal and Launceston Junction 064. Burnham Tidal Harbour and Railway 065. Bury St. Edmunds and Thetford Railway 066. Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway 067. Busby Railway 068. Caithness Railway 069. Caledonian Railway 070. Callander and Oban Railway 071. Calne Railway 072. Cambrian Railways 073. Cannock Chase Extension Railway 074. Cannock Chase and Wolverhampton Railway 075. Cannock Mineral Railway 076. Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway 077. Camarthen and Cardigan Railway 078. Camarthenshire Railway 079. Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway 080. Carnarvonshire Railway 081. Carrickfergus and Larne Railway 082. Central Cornwall Railway 083. Central Ireland Railway 084. Chester and West Cheshire Junction Railway 085. Chichester and Midhurst Railway 086. City of Glasgow Union Railway 087. Clonmel, Lismore and Dungarvan Railway 088. Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway 089. Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury and Halstead Railway 090. Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway 091. Colnbrook Railway 092. Colne Valley and Halstead Railway 093. Cork and Bandon Railway 094. Cork, Blackrock and Passage Railway 095. Cork and Kinsale Junction Railway 096. Cork and Limerick Direct Railway 097. Cork and Macroom Direct Railway 098. Cornwall Railway 099. Corris Railway 100. Corwen and Bala Railway 101. Coventry and Great Western Junction Railway 102. Cowbridge Railway 103. Cowes and Newport Railway (Isle of Wight) 104. Crieff and Comrie Railway 105. Croesor and Port Madoc Railay 106. Crofthead and Kilmarnock Extension Railway 107. Cromford and High Peak Railway 108. Crystal Palace and South London Junction Railway 109. Dare Valley 110. Dartmouth and Torbay Railway 111. Daventry Railway 112. Deal and Dover Railway 113. Deeside Railway 114. Delabole and Bossiney Railway 115. Denbigh, Ruthin and Corwen Railway 116. Devon and Cornwall Railway 117. Devon and Somerset Railway 118. Devon Valley Railway 119. Dingwall and Skye Railway 120. Downpatrick, Dundrum and Newcastle Railway 121. Dublin and Antrim Junction Railway 122. Dublin and Baltinglass Junction Railway 123. Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway 124. Dublin and Drogheda Railway 125. Dublin and Kingstown Railway 126. Dublin and Meath Railway 127. Dublin Metropolitan Junctions Railway 128. Dublin, Rathmines, Rathgar, Roundtown, Rathfarnham and Rathcoole Railway 129. Dublin Trunk Connecting Railway 130. Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway 131. Dundalk and Greenmore Railway 132. East Gloucestershire Railway 133. East Lincolnshire Railway 134. East London Railway 135. East Norfolk Railway 136. East Somerset Railway 137. East and West Junction Railway 138. Eastern and Church Hope Railway 139. Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway 140. Elham Valley Railway 141. Ellesmere and Glyn Valley Railway 142. Ely, Haddenham and Sutton Railway 143. Ely Vally Railway 144. Enniskillen, Bundoran and Sligo Railway 145. Esk Valley Railway 146. Evesham and Redditch Railway 147. Exeter and Creidton Railway 148. Fareham and Netley Railway 149. Faringdon Railway 150. Findhorn Railway 151. Finn Valley Railway 152. Fishguard Railway 153. Fleetwood, Preston and West Riding Junction Railway 154. Forcett Railway 155. Forest of Dean Central Railway 156. Forth and Clyde Junction Railway 157. Fulham Railway 158. Furness Railway 159. Furness and Midland Railway 160. Garstang and Knotend Railway 161. Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway 162. Glasgow and Milnagavie Junction Railway 163. Glasgow and South Western Railway 164. Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway 165. Great Eastern Railway 166. Great Marlow Railway 167. Great North of Scotland Railway 168. Great Northern Railway 169. Great Northern and Western Railway 170. Great Southern and Western Railway 171. Great Western Railway 172. Great Western and Brentford Railway 173. Greenock and Ayrshire Railway 174. Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway 175. Gwendraeth Railway 176. Halesowen and Bromsgrove Railway 177. Halifax and Ovenden Railway 178. Harborne Railway 179. Hatfield Chase Railway 180. Hatfield and St. Albans Railway 181. Hawes and Melmerby Railway 182. Hayling Railway 183. Helston and Penryn Railway 184. Hemel Hampstead Railway 185. Henley-in-Arden Railway 186. Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway 187. Hexham and Allendale Railway 188. Highland Railway 189. Holywell Railway 190. Horncastle Railway 191. Horsham, Dorking and Leatherhead Railway 192. Hounslow and Metropolitan Railway 193. Hoylake Railway 194. Hull and Selby Railway 195. Idle and Shipley Railway 196. Ipswich and Felixstow Railway 197. Irish North Western Railway 198. Isle of Wight Railway 199. Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway 200. Keighley and Worth Valley Railway 201. Kent Coast Railway 202. Kettering, Thrapstone and Huntingdon Railway 203. Kilkenny Junction Railway 204. Kilrush and Kilkee Railway 205. Kingsbridge Railway 206. King's Lynn Railway 207. Kington and Eardisley Railway 208. Lancashire Union Railway 209. Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 210. Lancaster and Carlisle Railway 211. Landport and Southsea Tramway 212. Laugharne Railway 213. Launceston and South Devon Railway 214. Leominster and Kington Railway 215. Leslie Railway 216. Letterkenny Railway 217. Leven and East of Fife Railway 218. Limerick, Castle Connell and Killaloe Railway 219. Limerick and Ennis Railway 220. Limerick and Foynes Raiway 221. Limerick and North Kerry Railway 222. Liskeard and Caradon Railway 223. Liskeard and Looe Railway 224. Llanelly Railway 225. Llangollen Corwen Railway 226. Llantrissamt and Taff Vale Railway 227. Llynvi and Ogmore Railway 228. London and Blackwall Railway 229. London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 230. London, Chatham and Dover Railway 231. London and Greenwich Railway 232. London and North Western Railway 233. London and South Western Railway 234. London, Tilbury and Southend Railway 235. London, Worcester and South Wales Railway 236. Londonderry and Coleraine Railway 237. Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway 238. Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway 239. Longton, Adderley Green and Bucknall Railway 240. Lostwithiel and Fowey Railway 241. Louth and Lincoln Railway 242. Luddenden Valley Railway 243. Ludlow and Clee Hill Railway 244. Lugg Valley Railway 245. Lymington Railway 246. Lynn and Hunstanton Railway 247. Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway 248. Macclesfield, Knutsford and Worrington Railway 249. Maidstone and Ashford Railway 250. Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway 251. Manchester and Milford Railway 252. Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway 253. Manchester, South Junction and Altringham Railway 254. Manchester and Stockport Railway 255. Marlborough Railway 256. Maryport and Carlisle Railway 257. Mellis and Eye Railway 258. Merrybent and Darlington Railway 259. Mersey Railway 260. Metropolitan Railway 261. Metropolitan District Railway 262. Metropolitan and St. John's Wood Railway 263. Mid-Hants Railway 264. Mid-Kent (Bromley to St. Mary's Cray) 265. Mid-Wales Railway 266. Midland Railway 267. Midland Counties and Shannon Junction Railway 268. Midland Counties and South Wales Railway 269. Midland and Eastern Railway 270. Midland Great Western Railway 271. Midland and South Western Junction Railway 272. Milford Railway 273. Milford Haven Railway 274. Minehead Railway 275. Mistley, Thorpe and Walton Railway 276. Mold and Denbigh Junction Railway 277. Monmouthshire Railway 278. Montrose and Bervie Railway 279. Morayshire Railway 280. Moretonhamptead and South Devon Railway 281. Mountsorrel Railway 282. Mowddwy Railway 283. Much Wenlock and Severn Junction Railway 284. Muswell Hill Railway 285. Nantwich and Market Drayton Railway 286. Navan and Kingscourt Railway 287. Neath and Brecon Railway 288. Newcastle (County Down) 289. New Milford Docks 290. Newport Railway 291. Newport Pagnell Railway 292. Newport and Usk Railway 293. Newquay and Cornwall Junction Railway 294. New Romney Railway 295. Newry and Armagh Railway 296. Newry and Greenore Railway 297. Newry, Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Railway 298. North British Railway 299. North Eastern Railway 300. North Kent Extension Railway 301. North London Railway 302. North Metropolitan Railway 303. North and South Western Junction Railway 304. North and South Wiltshire Juncion Railway 305. North Staffordshire Railway 306. North Union Railway 307. North Western Railway 308. North Western and Charing Cross Railway 309. Northern and Eastern Railway 310. Northumberland Central Railway 311. Norwich and Spalding Railway 312. Nottingham and Grantham Railway 313. Oldham, Ashton-under-Lyme and Guide Bridge Junction Railway 314. Parsonstown and Portumna Bridge Railway 315. Parsonstown and Portumna Bridge Extension Railway 316. Peebles Railway 317. Pembroke and Tenby Railway 318. Penarth Railway 319. Peterborough, Wisbeach and Sutton Railway (sic) 320. Petersfield and Bishop's Waltham Railway 321. Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway 322. Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway 323. Poole and Bournemouth Railway 324. Port Carlisle Railwau 325. Portadown, Dungannon and Omagh Railway 326. Portpatrick Railway 327. Potteries, Shrewsbury and North Wales Railway 328. Presteign, Clun and Bishop's Castle Railway 329. Ramsey Railway 330. Rathkeale and Newcastle Junction Railway 331. Redditch Railway 332. Redruth and Falmouth Junction Railway 333. Rhondda Valley and Hirwain Junction Railway 334. Rhymney Railway 335. Ribblesdale Railway 336. Rickmansworth, Amersham and Chelsea Railway 337. Ringwood, Christchurch and Bournemouth Railway 338. Ross and Monmouth Railway 339. Royston and Hitchin Railway 340. Ryde (Isle of Wight) 341. Saffron Walden Railway 342. St. Andrews Railway 343. St. Ives and West Cornwall Junction Railway 344. Salisbury Railway 345. Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway 346. Salisbury and Yeovil Railway 347. Saltash and Callington Railway 348. Scarborough and Whitby 349. Seaton and Beer Railway 350. Sevenoaks, Maidstone and Tunbridge Railway 351. Severn Junction Railway 352. Severn Valley Railway 353. Severn and Wye Railway 354. Shewsbury and Hereford Railway 355. Shropshire Union Railway 356. Sidmouth Railway 357. Sidmouth and Budleigh Salterton Railway 358. Sirhowy Railway 359. Sittingbourne and Sheerness Railway 360. Skipton and Wharfdale Railway 361. Sligo and Ballaghaderreen Railway 362. Solway Junction Railway 363. Somerset and Dorset Railway 364. Southam Railway 365. South Devon Railway 366. Southsea Railway 367. South Eastern Railway 368. South Essex Railway 369. Southern of Ireland 370. South Northumberland Railway 371. South Wales and Great Western Direct Railway 372. South Wales Mineral Railway 373. South Yorkshire Railway 374. Spilsby and Firsby Railway 375. Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway 376. Staines, Wokingham and Reading Railway 377. Stamford and Essendine Railway 378. Stirling and Dunfermline Railway 379. Stockton and Darlington Railway 380. Stokes Bay Railway 381. Stonehouse and Nailsworth Railway 382. Stourbridge Railway 383. Stratford-on-Avon Railway 384. Sunningdale and Cambridge Town Railway 385. Surrey and Sussex Junction Railway 386. Sutherland Railway 387. Swansea and Aberystwyth Junction Railway 388. Swansea Vale Railway 389. Swansea Vale and Neath and Brecon Junction Railway 390. Taff Vale Railway 391. Talacre Railway 392. Talyllyn Railway 393. Tamar, Kit Hill and Callington Railway 394. Tees Valley Railway 395. Teign Valley Railway 396. Teme Valley Railway 397. Tenbury Railway 398. Tenbury and Bewdley Railway 399. Tendring Hundred Railway 400. Tewkesbury and Malvern Railway 401. Thetford and Walton Railway 402. Thorpe and Clacton Railway 403. Torbay and Brixham Railway 404. Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway 405. Trent, Ancholme and Grimsby Railway 406. Ulster Railway 407. Uxbridge and Rickmansworth 408. Vale of Crickhowell Railway 409. Vale of Llangollen Railway 410. Vale of Towy Railway 411. Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway 412. Wallingford and Watlington Railway 413. Wantage and Great Western Railway 414. Warrington and Stockport Railway 415. Waterford and Central Ireland Railway 416. Waterford and Limerick Railway 417. Waterford, Lismore and Fermoy Railway 418. Waterford, New Ross and Wexford Railway 419. Waterford and Passage Railway 420. Waterford and Tramore Railway 421. Waterford and Wexford Railway 422. Waterloo and Whitehall Railway 423. Watford and Rickmansworth Railway 424. Weald of Kent Railway 425. Weedon and Daventry Railway 426. Wellington and Drayton Railway 427. Wellington and Severn Junction Railway 428. Wenlock Railway 429. West Cork Railway 430. West Cornwall Railway 431. West Durham Railway 432. West Grinstead, Cuckfield and Hayward's Heat Junction Railway 433. West London Railway 434. West London Extension Railway 435. West Norfolk Junction Railway 436. West Riding and Grimsby Railway 437. West Somerset Railway 438. West Somerset Mineral Railway 439. West Sussex Junction Railway 440. Weymouth and Portland Railway 441. Whitby, Redcar and Middlesboro' Union Railway 442. Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway 443. Wilts and Gloucester Railway 444. Wiltshire Railway 445. Winchcomb and Midland Railway 446. Whitney Railway 447. Wivenhoe and Brightlingsea Railway 448. Wolverhamton and Walsall Railway 449. Worcester, Bromyard and Leominster Railway 450. Worcester, Dean Forest and Monmouth Railway 451. Workington Railway 452. Wrexham and Minera Railway 453. Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Junction Railway 454. Wycombe Railway 455. Wye Valley Railway

Continental &c. 456. Antwerp and Rotterdam Railway 457. Belgian Eastern Junction Railway 458. Belgian General Railways Working 459. Belgium 460. Branch Railways of France 461. Charentes 462. Copenhagen Tramroad 463. Danube and Black Sea Railway 464. Denmark 465. Dunaburg and Witepak Railway 466. Dutch Rhenish 467. Eastern of France 468. Euphrates Valley Railway 469. France 470. Franco-Austrian 471. Gellivara 472. Germany 473. Grand Ducal William Luxembourg 474. Great Russian 475. Great Luxembourg 476. Holland 477. International 478. Leghorn 479. Lemberg-Czernowitz 480. Lerida, Reus and Tarragona 481. Lierre and Turnhout 482. Madrid, Saragossa, and Alicante 483. Mont Cenis 484. Namur and Liege – Mons and Manage 485. Northern of France 486. Northern of Spain 487. Norway 488. Norwegian Trunk 489. Novara and Lake Otara 490. Ottoman—Smyrna to Aidin 491. Paris Circular 492. Paris, Lyons, and Mediterranean 493. Paris and Orleans 494. Riga and Dunaburg 495. Roman 496. Royal Portugese 497. Royal Sardinian 498. Royal Swedish 499. Russia 500. Sambre and Meuse 501. Sarragosa, Pampelume and Barcelona 502. Saxony 503. Smyrna and Cassaba 504. South Austrian—Lombardo Venetian 505. South Eastern of Portugal 506. Southern of France [? Chemin de Fer du Midi ?] 507. South Italian 508. Spain 509. Tourney to Jurbise, &c. 510. Turon and Savona 511. Varna 512. West Flanders 513. Western of France 514. Zealand (Denmark)

Africa. 515. Algeria 516. Cape 517. Egypt 518. Natal

Australasia. 519. Queensland Railways 520. Melbourne and Hobson's Bay United 521. South Australian Railway 522. Victorian Railways

British North America. 523. Buffalo and Lake Huron Railway 524. Canadian Local Lines 525. European and North American Railway 526. Grand Trunk of Canada 527. Great Western of Canada 528. Intercolonial Railway 529. New Brunswick and Canada Railway 530. Northern of Canada 531. Nova Scotia Railway 532. Welland Railway 533. Windsor and Annapolis Railway (Nova Scotia)

India. 534. Abstract Summary of Progress 535. Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway 536. Calcutta and South Eastern Railway 537. East Indian Railway 538. Eastern Bengal Railway 539. Great Indian Peninsula Railway 540. Great Indian Peninsula Extension Railway 541. Great Southern of India 542. Indian Tramway 543. Madras Railway 544. Oude and Rohikund Railway 545. Scinde Railway

Southern and Central America. 546. Arica and Tacna (Peru) 547. Bahia and San Francisco 548. Buenos Ayres Great Southern Railway 549. Central Argentine 550. Chili and Buenos Ayres 551. Copiapo and Caldera (Chili) 552. Coquimbo (Chili) 553. Honduras (Inter Oceanic) 554. Mexican 555. Mexico 556. Northern of Buenos Ayres 557. Panama 558. Pernambuco (Brazil) 559. Quwbrada 560. San Paulo Railway 561. Valparaiso and Santiago (Chili)

United States. 562. Abstract of Progress for 1868 563. Atlantic and Great Western Railroad 564. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 565. Boston and Maine Railroad 566. Central Rail Road and Banking Company of Georgia 567. Central Pacific Railroad 568. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 569. Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad 570. Chicago and North Western Railway 571. Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad 572. Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway 573. Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad 574. Erie Railroad 575. Hartford and New Haven Railroad 576. Illinois Central Railroad 577. Louisville and Frankfort Railroad, and Lexington and Frankfort Railroad 578. Louisville and Nashville Railroad 579. Memphis and Charleston Railroad 580. Michigan Central Railroad 581. Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad 582. New York Central Railroad 583. New York and New Haven Railroad 584. North Eastern Railroad 585. Philadelphia and Reading Railroad 586. Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad 587. Portland, Saco and Portsmouth Railroad 588. Union Pacific Railroad 589. Virginia and Tennessee Railroad

West Indies. 590. Cuba 591. Demerara 592. Havana and Mariano 593. Havana and Matanzas 594. Jamaica 595. Matanzas and Sabanilla (Cuba) 596. Mauritius

Auxiliary Associations. 597. Anglo-American Telegraph Company 598. The Ashbury Railway Carriage and Iron (Limited) 599. Atlantic Telegraph Company 600. British-Indian Submarine Telegraph (Limited) 601. British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph 602. Credit Foncier of England (Limited) 603. Electric and International Telegraph 604. English and Foreign Credit 605. French Atlantic Telegraph 606. General Credit and Discount 607. Hudson's Bay Company 608. International Finance 609. Lancaster Wagon 610. London Financial 611. London and Provincial Telegraph 612. Metropolitan Railway Carriage and Wagon Company 613. Metropolitan Railway Warehousing 614. Midland Wagon 615. National Discount 616. Nerbudda Coal and Iron 617. Railway Carriage 618. Staffordshire Rolling Stock Company 619. Staffordshire Wheel and Axle (Limited) 620. Submarine Telegraph 621. Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company 622. Telegraph to India 623. Thames Sub-way 624. United Kingdom Telegraph