Caledonian Railway

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former railway company railway company

Caledonian Railway was a major Scottish railway company that operated extensive routes across Scotland and into England during the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Caledonian Railway Act 1845 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former railway company ⓘ
railway company ⓘ
competedWith Glasgow and South Western Railway ⓘ
North British Railway ⓘ
connectedCity Aberdeen ⓘ
Carlisle ⓘ
Edinburgh ⓘ
Glasgow ⓘ
Perth ⓘ
Stirling ⓘ
connectedRegion central Scotland ⓘ
surface form: Central Belt

Scottish Highlands ⓘ
Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
surface form: Scottish Lowlands
country Scotland ⓘ
dissolved 1923 ⓘ
era Edwardian era ⓘ
Victorian era ⓘ
formedUnder Caledonian Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Caledonian Railway Act 1845
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
headquartersLocation Glasgow ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
inception 1845 ⓘ
mainLineTerminus Carlisle railway station ⓘ
surface form: Carlisle Citadel station

Edinburgh Princes Street station ⓘ
Glasgow Central railway station ⓘ
surface form: Glasgow Central station
mergedInto London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ
surface form: London Midland and Scottish Railway
networkLength over 1000 miles ⓘ
notableStructure Caledonian Railway Bridge over the River Clyde ⓘ
operated freight services ⓘ
passenger services ⓘ
operatedIn England ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
parentOrganization London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ
surface form: London Midland and Scottish Railway
partOf pre-grouping railways of Great Britain ⓘ
predecessorOf London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ
surface form: London Midland and Scottish Railway
servedPort Ardrossan ⓘ
Grangemouth ⓘ
Greenock ⓘ
servedStation Aberdeen railway station ⓘ
surface form: Aberdeen Joint station

Carlisle railway station ⓘ
surface form: Carlisle Citadel station

Edinburgh Princes Street station ⓘ
Glasgow Central railway station ⓘ
surface form: Glasgow Central station

Perth railway station ⓘ
Stirling railway station ⓘ
successorLine West Coast Main Line ⓘ
usedTraction steam locomotives ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

St Rollox Works → associatedWith → Caledonian Railway ⓘ
LMS → formedFrom → Caledonian Railway ⓘ
Caledonian Railway → formedUnder → Caledonian Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caledonian Railway Act 1845
Glasgow Central → formerOperator → Caledonian Railway ⓘ
Perth railway station → formerOperator → Caledonian Railway ⓘ