North London Railway

North London Railway
Overview
HeadquartersBow, London
LocaleLondon, United Kingdom
Dates of operation1850–1922
SuccessorLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
North London Railway diagram
LNWR
Queen's Park
Kilburn & Maida Vale
Loudon Road
Chalk Farm
Hampstead Road
Kentish Town Junction
Camden Town
St Pancras Junction
MR / GNR
Maiden Lane
Caledonian Road & Barnsbury
Highbury & Islington
Canonbury
Mildmay Park
Western Junction
Dalston Junction
Haggerston
Shoreditch
Broad Street
NLR
Kensal Rise to Blackwall
MR
Kensal Rise
Brondesbury Park
Brondesbury
West End Lane
Finchley Road
Hampstead Heath
Gospel Oak
Kentish Town
NLR main line to Queens Park
Camden Town
St Pancras Junction
MR / GNR
Maiden Lane
Caledonian Road & Barnsbury
Highbury & Islington
Canonbury
Mildmay Park
Western Junction
NLR to Broad St
Dalston Kingsland
Hackney Central
Homerton
Victoria Park
Old Ford
Bow
South Bromley
Poplar (East India Road)
Blackwall
GER

The North London Railway (NLR) company had lines connecting the northern suburbs of London with the East and West India Docks further east. The main east to west route is now part of London Overground's North London Line. Other NLR lines fell into disuse but were later revived as part of the Docklands Light Railway, and London Overground's East London Line. The company was originally called the East & West India Docks & Birmingham Junction Railway (E&WID&BJR) from its start in 1850, until 1853. In 1909, it entered into an agreement with the London and North Western Railway which introduced common management, and the NLR was taken over completely by the LNWR in 1922. The LNWR itself became part of the LMS from the start of 1923. The railways were nationalised in 1948 and most LMS lines, including the North London route, then came under the control of the London Midland Region of British Railways.