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The Stratford Upon Avon & Midland Junction Railway (SMJR) was a small independent railway company that ran a railway network across part of central England. Its lines covered south Northamptonshire and south Warwickshire and its services extended to parts of north Buckinghamshire and north Oxfordshire. The company adopted its "Stratford Upon Avon & Midland Junction" name in 1909. In Britain's 1923 railway grouping the SMJR was made part of the new London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS). In Britain's 1948 transport nationalisation the former SMJR was made part of British Railways (BR). BR closed much of the former SMJR's network in the 1950s, and now only of it remain in use. The SMJR was formed by the merger of the East & West Junction Railway (E+WJR), the Evesham, Redditch and Stratford Railway (ER+SR), and changed its name to the Stratford-upon-Avon, Towcester and Midland Junction Railway (ST+MJR), the Easton Neston Mineral and Towcester, Roade and Olney Junction Railway (ENM+TROJR). In 1910 The Northampton & Banbury Junction Railway (N+BJR) merged with the SMJR. As the SMJR the company ran services between and Stratford-upon-Avon and in the west through to and in the east, promoting itself as ''"The Shakespeare Route"''. ==History== The SMJR was formed by the amalgamation of four railways in 1909/10: *''Northampton & Banbury Junction Railway'' (NBJR), incorporated 28 July 1863, opened 1 June 1872, length . Intended to tap the ironstone deposits near Blisworth, it ran from there to Cockley Brake Junction where connection was made for Banbury. *''East & West Junction Railway'' (E&WJR), incorporated 1864, opened to Kineton 1 June 1871; Kineton to Stratford-upon-Avon 1 July 1873. On the latter day, extended eastward to join the NBJR near Towcester. *''Evesham, Redditch & Stratford-upon-Avon Junction Railway'', incorporated 1873, opened 2 June 1879, length . Westward extension of E&WJR to join the Midland Railway at Broom Junction. *''Stratford-upon-Avon, Towcester & Midland Junction Railway'', opened 1891 from Towcester to a junction near Olney, Buckinghamshire, also Midland Railway. Unlike the other lines, this was intended mainly for passenger traffic, but this was short-lived in a sparsely-populated area. The line did however complete a cross-country link for Midland Railway lines. On 1 January 1923 the SMJR was taken over by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSR) and became an important asset to it, providing a direct route (avoiding Birmingham), between the western line hitherto owned by the Midland Railway and the main line south of Bedford. It was extensively used by excursion traffic between the two world wars. There was also a "race special" once a year to Towcester from London. In 1948 the SMJR became part of British Railways. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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