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== Railway Construction Companies ==
A number of Railway Construction Companies existed during the great war. The companies built standard gauge railways in combat zones on multiple fronts during the war. At the start of the First World War there were two regular and three special reserve, these were:<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Railway Construction Companies of the Royal Engineers |url=https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-corps-of-royal-engineers-in-the-first-world-war/railway-construction-companies-of-the-royal-engineers/ |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=The Long, Long Trail |language=en-GB}}</ref>

* 8th Railway Company
* 10th Railway Company
* Depot Company
* Royal Anglesey (1 company)
* [[Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers|Royal Monmouthshire]] (1 company)

It was soon realised the importance of railways on the front line, several more companies were raised for the duration of the war. The last company was demobilised in 1919.

Great War companies included:<ref name=":0" />
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Railway Company
!Raised
!Embarked
!Theatre
|-
|2nd (Monmouth)
|[[Longmoor Military Railway|Longmoor]]
|11 November 1914
|Western Front
|-
|3rd (Anglesey)
|Longmoor
|11 November 1914
|Western Front
|-
|3rd (Monmouth)
|Longmoor
|11 November 1914
|Western Front
|-
|8th
|Longmoor
|15 August 1914
|Western Front
|-
|10th
|Longmoor
|28 November 1914
|Western Front
|-
|109th
|Longmoor
|24 December 1914
|Western Front
|-
|110th
|Longmoor
|15 February 1915
|Western Front
|-
|111th
|Longmoor
|15 February 1915
|Western Front
|-
|112th
|Longmoor
|15 February 1915
|Western Front
|-
|113th
|[[Cheltenham]]
|14 April 1915
|Western Front
|-
|114th
|Cheltenham
|1 May 1915
|Western Front
|-
|115th
|Longmoor
|Unknown
|Egypt
|-
|116th
|Longmoor
|Unknown
|Egypt
|-
|117th
|Longmoor
|5 September 1915
|Salonika
|-
|118th
|Longmoor
|Unknown
|Western Front
|-
|119th
|Longmoor
|30 May 1916
|Western Front
|-
|120th
|Longmoor
|Unknown
|Western Front
|-
|200th
|Unknown
|Unknown
|Unknown
|-
|259th
|Unknown
|Unknown
|Western Front
|-
|260th
|Longmoor
|3 February 1917
|Western Front
|-
|261st
|Longmoor
|26 February 1917
|Western Front
|-
|262nd
|Longmoor
|26 February 1917
|Western Front
|-
|263rd
|Longmoor
|26 April 1917
|Western Front
|-
|264th
|Longmoor
|13 May 1917
|Western Front
|-
|265th
|Longmoor
|14 September 1917
|Egypt
|-
|266th
|Longmoor
|14 September 1917
|Egypt
|-
|267th
|Unknown
|Unknown
|Salonika
|-
|268th
|Longmoor
|19 December 1916
|Western Front
|-
|269th
|Longmoor
|17 January 1917
|Western Front
|-
|270th
|Cheltenham
|Unknown
|Egypt
|-
|271st
|Cheltenham
|26 January 1916
|Western Front
|-
|272nd
|Unknown
|Unknown
|Egypt
|-
|273rd
|Longmoor
|7 September 1916
|Salonika
|-
|274th
|Longmoor
|23 October 1916
|Egypt
|-
|275th
|Longmoor
|21 August 1916
|Western Front
|-
|276th
|Unknown
|Unknown
|Egypt
|-
|277th
|Unknown
|Unknown
|Western Front
|-
|278th
|[[Boulogne-sur-Mer|Boulogne]]
|Unknown
|Western Front
|-
|279th
|Unknown
|Unknown
|Western Front
|-
|280th
|Cheltenham
|Unknown
|Western Front
|-
|281st
|Cheltenham
|Unknown
|Western Front
|-
|282nd
|Cheltenham
|Unknown
|Western Front
|-
|295th
|Unknown
|Unknown
|Western Front
|-
|296th
|Boulogne
|Unknown
|Western Front
|-
|297th
|Unknown
|Unknown
|Western Front
|-
|298th
|Unknown
|Unknown
|Western Front
|-
|299th
|Unknown
|Unknown
|Western Front
|}