Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Lancashire_&_Yorkshire_Railway

GPTKB entity

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:railway_company
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:L&YR
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:dissolved	1922
gptkbp:fleetSize	over 1,600 locomotives
gptkbp:foundedYear	1847
gptkbp:headquartersLocation	gptkb:Manchester
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway
gptkbp:mainLine	Manchester to Leeds Manchester to Liverpool Manchester to Blackpool
gptkbp:mergedInto	gptkb:London,_Midland_and_Scottish_Railway
gptkbp:network	over 600 miles
gptkbp:notableDesigner	gptkb:George_Hughes gptkb:Henry_Hoy gptkb:John_Aspinall
gptkbp:notableFor	first mainline railway to introduce electrification in Britain large goods and coal traffic
gptkbp:numberOfStations	over 600
gptkbp:operatedDock	gptkb:Fleetwood_Docks Goole Docks
gptkbp:operatedFerry	Fleetwood to Belfast Goole to continental Europe
gptkbp:operates	freight trains passenger trains
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:East_Lancashire_Railway gptkb:Liverpool,_Ormskirk_and_Preston_Railway gptkb:Leeds,_Bradford_and_Halifax_Junction_Railway gptkb:Manchester_and_Leeds_Railway gptkb:Blackburn,_Burnley,_Accrington_and_Colne_Extension_Railway gptkb:Manchester,_Bolton_and_Bury_Railway gptkb:Manchester,_Bury_and_Bolton_Railway gptkb:Oldham,_Ashton_and_Guide_Bridge_Junction_Railway gptkb:West_Riding_Union_Railway gptkb:Huddersfield_and_Sheffield_Junction_Railway gptkb:Liverpool_and_Bury_Railway gptkb:Manchester,_Bolton_and_Bury_Canal_Navigation_and_Railway gptkb:Manchester,_Bury_and_Rossendale_Railway gptkb:Southport_and_Cheshire_Lines_Extension_Railway gptkb:Wakefield,_Pontefract_and_Goole_Railway
gptkbp:regionServed	gptkb:Yorkshire gptkb:Lancashire
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:London_and_North_Western_Railway
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Wigan_Wallgate_railway_station
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7