London and North Western Railway
（重定向自LNWR）
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![Illustration of a LNWR passenger locomotive, c. 1852](/Images/godic/202501/24/London_and_North_Western_passenger_locomotive_-_circa_1852_illustration3159.jpg")
![LNWR office on The Quay, Waterford, Ireland, 1910](/Images/godic/202501/24/The_original_Trip_Advisor_London_and_NorthWestern_Railway_office3159.jpg")
![LNWR's initials carved in Portland Stone on one of Euston Station's entrance lodges](/Images/godic/202501/24/LNWR_lodge_Euston_left_detail3159.jpg")
The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. It was created by the merger of three companies – the Grand Junction Railway, the London and Birmingham Railway and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway. In the late 19th century the L&NWR was the largest joint stock company in the world.