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Northern Counties CommitteeThe Belfast and Northern Counties Railway (BNCR), after 1903 known as the Northern Counties Committee (NCC), and part of the Midland Railway (MR) 1903-1923, the London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) 1923-1948, and sold to the Ulster Transport Authority (UTA) in 1949. Belfast and Ballymena Railway Belfast and Northern Counties Railway The Belfast and Ballymena Railway became the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway in May 1860. It absorbed the Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway in January 1861 and the in July 1871. Midland Railway (Northern Counties Committee) The Midland bought the BNCR in 1903. On purchase it had 335 miles of track. London, Midland and Scottish Railway (Northern Counties Committee) The Midland was grouped by the Railways Act, 1921 into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1923. On grouping, it was recorded as having 201 miles of Irish broad gauge and 64 of 3ft narrow gauge track. The LMS started painting locomotives and carriages into crimson lake (also known as Midland red). Nationalisation and sale The Stormont Government purchased the NCC in 1949 for 2,668,000, and the NCC became part of the Ulster Transport Authority from 1 April 1949. External links *Irish Railway Record Society
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