Private company

London Electric Railway

UK rail company (founded 1910)

The London Electric Railway (LER) was an underground railway company operating three lines on the London Underground. It was formed in 1910 and existed until 1933, when it was merged into the London Passenger Transport Board.2 It is part of Underground Electric Railways Company of London.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1910Founded1
  • Industrypassenger transport, rail transport1
  • HeadquartersLondon1
UERL map 1907
Photo: DavidCane, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

The London Electric Railway (LER) was an underground railway company operating three lines on the London Underground. It was formed in 1910 and existed until 1933, when it was merged into the London Passenger Transport Board.2

Corporate structure

London Electric Railway is part of a group headed by Underground Electric Railways Company of London. 4 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What London Electric Railway reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • Bakerloo line
  • Northern Line (Charing Cross branch)
  • Piccadilly line

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Also owns

  • Bakerloo line
  • Northern Line (Charing Cross branch)
  • Piccadilly line

Former owners and parents

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Baker Street and Waterloo Railway1
  2. Succeeded Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway1
  3. Succeeded Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway1
  4. Succeeded by London Passenger Transport Board1

Timeline

  1. Jul 1, 1933Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1910Acquired Acquired by Underground Electric Railways Company of London1
  3. 1910Founded Founded1

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

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