The Railway Clearing House

The Railway Clearing House was founded in 1842 by nine private railway companies to standardise their operations, and allow both goods and passengers easy access to the whole network. The benefit to railways and the country generally was immense, from establishing GMT as a national time standard to squaring the accounts and minimising the disputes of rival companies.

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