{"id":48,"date":"2014-11-28T11:16:07","date_gmt":"2014-11-28T11:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lmrca.co.uk\/?page_id=48"},"modified":"2014-11-28T15:37:59","modified_gmt":"2014-11-28T15:37:59","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lmrca.co.uk\/?page_id=48","title":{"rendered":"The history of the LMRCA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lmrca.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/rail_network.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-54 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lmrca.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/rail_network-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"rail_network\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lmrca.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/rail_network-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.lmrca.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/rail_network.jpg 619w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a>The history of the LMRCA is, by it\u2019s very nature, deeply entwined with the history of the railways.<\/p>\n<p>The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) was a British railway company that was formed in 1923 under the Railways Act of 1921, which required the amalgamation of many separate railway companies. The companies merged into the LMS included the London and North Western Railway, Midland Railway, several Scottish railway companies (including the Caledonian Railway), and numerous other, smaller ventures.<\/p>\n<p>The LMS was the largest of the Big Four railway companies serving routes in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. In 1938, the LMS operated 6,870 miles of railway. The lines ran from Wick in Northern Scotland, through the Midlands and on down to London.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';\">Under the <\/span><a title=\"Transport Act 1947\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transport_Act_1947\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;\">Transport Act of 1947<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';\">, along with the other members of the &#8220;<\/span><a title=\"Big Four (British railway companies)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Big_Four_%28British_railway_companies%29\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;\">Big Four<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';\">&#8221; British railway companies (<a title=\"Great Western Railway\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Western_Railway\"><span style=\"color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;\">GWR<\/span><\/a>, <\/span><a title=\"London and North Eastern Railway\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/London_and_North_Eastern_Railway\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;\">LNER<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';\"> and <\/span><a title=\"Southern Railway (Great Britain)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Southern_Railway_%28Great_Britain%29\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;\">SR<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';\">), the LMS was nationalised on 1<sup>st<\/sup> January\u00a01948, becoming part of the state-owned <\/span><a title=\"British Railways\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_Railways\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;\">British Railways<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';\">Originally part of British Rail Social Clubs (BRSA), the LMRCA became an autonomous Association in 1993 when British Rail was privatised. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The history of the LMRCA is, by it\u2019s very nature, deeply entwined with the history of the railways. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) was a British railway company that was formed in 1923 under the Railways Act of 1921, which required the amalgamation of many separate railway companies. 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