Great North of Scotland Railway

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The Great North of Scotland Railway was a former Scottish railway company that operated routes in the northeast of Scotland before being absorbed into the London and North Eastern Railway in the 1923 Grouping.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former company
railway company
absorbedBy London and North Eastern Railway
country Scotland
dateOfFirstSectionOpening 1854
dissolved 1923
endPoint Ballater
Boat of Garten
Elgin
Fraserburgh
Inverness
Keith
Peterhead
event 1923 Grouping
firstSection Aberdeen to Huntly
foundedBy Great North of Scotland Railway self-linksurface differs
surface form: Great North of Scotland Railway Act 1846
gauge standard gauge
headquartersLocation Aberdeen
inception 1845
languageOfName English
locatedIn northeast of Scotland
mainLine Aberdeen to Elgin
Aberdeen to Inverness
Aberdeen to Keith
notableRoute Deeside Line
Formartine and Buchan lines
Speyside
surface form: Speyside routes
operatedIn Aberdeenshire NERFINISHED
Banffshire NERFINISHED
Inverness-shire NERFINISHED
Moray
partOf London and North Eastern Railway after 1923
predecessorOf London and North Eastern Railway operations in northeast Scotland
railwayLength about 333 miles
servedCity Aberdeen
servedHarbour Aberdeen Harbour
servedIndustry agriculture
fishing
tourism
whisky distilling
servedRegion Deeside
Speyside
servedRoyalResidence Balmoral Castle via Ballater
servedTown Ballater
Elgin
Fraserburgh
Inverness
Keith
Peterhead
shortName GNSR
startPoint Aberdeen
usedRollingStockType steam locomotives

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London and North Eastern Railway precededBy Great North of Scotland Railway
London and North Eastern Railway ownedInfrastructure Great North of Scotland Railway
this entity surface form: Great North of Scotland Railway network
Aberdeen–Inverness railway line historicalOperator Great North of Scotland Railway
Great North of Scotland Railway foundedBy Great North of Scotland Railway self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Great North of Scotland Railway Act 1846