NER West Riding Expansion

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Pyewipe Junction
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NER West Riding Expansion

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Does anyone know when the NER officially took over the ex-LMR and -ER lines in the West Riding? My summer 1955 NER timetable includes all of them both in the tables and the map.

It would be natural to assume that they came under NER control when the shed codes changed, but I understand that the shed codes were left as they were for a while 'for operational reasons'. Even then, there doesn't appear to have been any consistency: the ex-ER 37 sheds changed on 1 July 1956, the ex-LMR 25 sheds on 1 September 1956 and the ex-LMR 20 sheds on 1 February 1957.
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