Private company

Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway

UK railway line

The Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway (SMJR) was a railway company in the southern Midlands of England, formed at the beginning of 1909 by the merger of three earlier companies: the East and West Junction Railway, the Evesham, Redditch, and Stratford-upon-Avon Junction Railway, and the Stratford-upon-Avon, Towcester, and Midland Junction Railway.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

Jan 1, 1909Founded1

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Map of Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway 1920
Photo: The Railway Year Book for 1920. The Railway Publishing Company Limited, London., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

The Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway (SMJR) was a railway company in the southern Midlands of England, formed at the beginning of 1909 by the merger of three earlier companies: the East and West Junction Railway, the Evesham, Redditch, and Stratford-upon-Avon Junction Railway, and the Stratford-upon-Avon, Towcester, and Midland Junction Railway. In 1910 the Northampton and Banbury Junction Railway was purchased and an east–west network was formed which linked routes to Bedford and Northampton in the east to lines leading towards Banbury and Gloucester in the west, by way of Tow2

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded by London, Midland and Scottish Railway1

Timeline

  1. Jan 1, 1909Founded Founded1

Sources

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