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The North British Railway was a Scottish railway company that was absorbed into the London and North Eastern Railway at the grouping in 1923. Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the UK Main languages English Scots Scottish Gaelic Doric Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ...
The London and North Eastern Railway or LNER was the second-largest of the Big Four railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain. ...
The Railways Act of 1921, also known as the Grouping forcibly merged British railway companies into The Big Four, as of 1st January 1923. ...
It operated services between Edinburgh and Glasgow, Edinburgh and Carlisle (via Peebles – the Waverley Route) and between Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Aberdeen. It has been suggested that Areas of Edinburgh be merged into this article or section. ...
Glasgows location in Scotland Glasgow (or Glaschu in Gaelic) is Scotlands largest city, situated on the River Clyde in the countrys west central lowlands. ...
The Waverley Line is an abandoned railway line in Scotland that ran south from Edinburgh, through Midlothian and the Scottish Borders to Carlisle. ...
Newcastle upon Tyne, often shortened to Newcastle, is a city in the county of Tyne and Wear in North East England. ...
Aberdeens location in Scotland Aberdeen (Obar Dheathain in Scottish Gaelic) is Scotlands third largest city, with a population of 212,125. ...
It was a partner (with the North Eastern Railway and the Great Northern Railway) in the East Coast Joint Stock operation. The North Eastern Railway (NER), unlike many other of the pre-Grouping companies, had a relatively compact territory, having the district it covered to itself. ...
The Great Northern Railway (GNR) was a British railway company, founded by the London & York Railway Act of 1846. ...
Component companies During its existence the NBR absorbed the following companies: - Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
- Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway
- West Highland Railway
External links - North British Railway Study Group
| Major constituent railway companies of the London and North Eastern Railway: |
Great Central | Great Eastern | Great Northern | Great North of Scotland | Hull & Barnsley | North British | North Eastern
(Full list of constituents) The London and North Eastern Railway or LNER was the second-largest of the Big Four railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain. ...
The Great Central Railway (GCR) was the latter day name of a railway company of the United Kingdom which earlier was known as the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR). ...
The Great Eastern Railway (GER) was formed in 1862 as an amalgamation of the Eastern Counties Railway; and also with several other smaller railways: Norfolk, the Eastern Union, the Newmarket, the Harwich, the East Anglian Light and the East Suffolk; among others. ...
The Great Northern Railway (GNR) was a British railway company, founded by the London & York Railway Act of 1846. ...
The ‘’Great North of Scotland Railway’’ (GNSR) received its Parliamentary approval on June 26 1846, following over two years’ of local meetings. ...
The Hull and Barnsley Railway (HBR) was opened on July 20 1885. ...
The North Eastern Railway (NER) , unlike many other of the pre-Grouping companies, had a relatively compact territory, having the district it covered to itself. ...
The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was formed out of a number of constituent railway companies at the grouping in 1923. ...
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