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Sir James Joseph Allport
(1811-1892), English railway manager, born in February 1811, was a son of William Allport, of Birmingham, England and was associated with railways from an early period of his life.In
1843 joined the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway in 1839 as the traffic agent at
Hampton-in Arden, becoming Chief Clerk, then General Manager. When it merged into the Midland Railway, he moved to
George Hudson's York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway until it merged into the
North Eastern Railway (UK).
Six years later he assumed the charge of the
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (now the Great Central) railway, and finally, in
1853, was appointed to the general managership of the Midland Railway; an office which he held continuously, with the exception of a few years between 1857 and
1860, when he was managing director to Palmer's Shipbuilding Company at Jarrow, until his retirement in
1880, when he became a director.
During these twenty-seven years the Midland grew to be one of the most important railway systems in England, partly by the absorption of smaller lines and partly by the construction of two main extensions on the south to
London and on the north to Carlisle, England whereby it obtained an independent through-route between the metropolis and the north. He was instrumental in the Midland's partnership with the M, S & L, which led to the "
Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies' Committee", and gave the Midland access to
Manchester for its London trains.
In the railway world Allport was known as a keen tactician and a vigorous fighter, and he should be remembered as the pioneer of cheap and comfortable railway travelling. He was the first to appreciate the importance of the third-class passenger as a source of revenue, and accordingly, in
1872, he inaugurated the policy, subsequently adopted more or less completely by all the railways of
Great Britain, of carrying third-class passengers in well-fitted carriages (at the uniform rate of one penny a mile on all trains decreed by Parliament). The diminution in the receipts from second-class passengers, which was one of the results, was regarded by some authorities as a sign of the unwisdom of his action, but to him it appeared a sufficient reason for the abolition of second-class carriages, which therefore disappeared from the Midland system in
1875, the first-class fares being at the same time substantially reduced.
He was a director of the Midland from 1854 to 1857, but returned to being the general manager. When he retired in 1880 he was given an honorary directorship, and was knighted in 1884.
Reference
Billson, P., (1996)
Derby and the Midland Railway, Derby: Breedon Books
Sir James Joseph Allport
(1811-1892), English railway manager, born in February 1811, was a son of William Allport, of Birmingham, England and was associated with railways from an early period of his life.In 1843 joined the
Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway in
1839 as the traffic agent at Hampton-in Arden, becoming Chief Clerk, then General Manager. When it merged into the
Midland Railway, he moved to George Hudson's York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway until it merged into the North Eastern Railway (UK).
Six years later he assumed the charge of the
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (now the Great Central) railway, and finally, in
1853, was appointed to the general managership of the Midland Railway; an office which he held continuously, with the exception of a few years between 1857 and
1860, when he was managing director to Palmer's Shipbuilding Company at
Jarrow, until his retirement in
1880, when he became a director.
During these twenty-seven years the Midland grew to be one of the most important railway systems in England, partly by the absorption of smaller lines and partly by the construction of two main extensions on the south to London and on the north to Carlisle, England whereby it obtained an independent through-route between the metropolis and the north. He was instrumental in the Midland's partnership with the M, S & L, which led to the "Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies' Committee", and gave the Midland access to Manchester for its London trains.
In the railway world Allport was known as a keen tactician and a vigorous fighter, and he should be remembered as the pioneer of cheap and comfortable railway travelling. He was the first to appreciate the importance of the third-class passenger as a source of revenue, and accordingly, in
1872, he inaugurated the policy, subsequently adopted more or less completely by all the railways of
Great Britain, of carrying third-class passengers in well-fitted carriages (at the uniform rate of one penny a mile on all trains decreed by Parliament). The diminution in the receipts from second-class passengers, which was one of the results, was regarded by some authorities as a sign of the unwisdom of his action, but to him it appeared a sufficient reason for the abolition of second-class carriages, which therefore disappeared from the Midland system in 1875, the first-class fares being at the same time substantially reduced.
He was a director of the Midland from 1854 to
1857, but returned to being the general manager. When he retired in
1880 he was given an honorary directorship, and was knighted in 1884.
Reference
Billson, P., (1996)
Derby and the Midland Railway, Derby: Breedon Books
