North British Railway

E37977

Scottish railway company railway company

North British Railway was a major 19th- and early 20th-century Scottish railway company that operated extensive routes across central and eastern Scotland before becoming part of the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
North British Railway canonical	32
Edinburgh and Northern Railway	4
North British Railway (constituent routes)	1
North British Railway network	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Scottish railway company ⓘ railway company ⓘ
abbreviation	NBR ⓘ
becamePartOf	London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ
category	Defunct railway companies of Scotland ⓘ Pre-grouping British railway companies ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
dateDissolved	1923 ⓘ
dissolutionEvent	Grouping of 1923 ⓘ
era	19th century ⓘ early 20th century ⓘ
hadRollingStockType	freight wagons ⓘ passenger carriages ⓘ steam locomotives ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Edinburgh ⓘ
industry	rail transport ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Scotland ⓘ
mergedInto	London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ
operatedFreightServices	yes ⓘ
operatedIn	central Scotland ⓘ eastern Scotland ⓘ
operatedLine	East Coast Main Line in Scotland ⓘ Glasgow–Edinburgh railway line ⓘ surface form: Edinburgh–Glasgow route (via Falkirk) Waverley Route ⓘ lines to Fife and the north via the Forth Bridge ⓘ
operatedPassengerServices	yes ⓘ
operatedRegion	Great Britain ⓘ
operationalStatus	defunct ⓘ
ownedStructure	Forth Bridge ⓘ surface form: Forth Bridge (as part of a consortium) Waverley Station, Edinburgh ⓘ
partOf	British railway system ⓘ pre-grouping railway companies of the United Kingdom ⓘ
predecessorOf	London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ
railGauge	standard gauge ⓘ
regulatoryChange	Railways Act 1921 ⓘ
servedCity	Edinburgh ⓘ Glasgow ⓘ
servedPort	Burntisland ⓘ Grangemouth ⓘ Leith ⓘ
servedRegion	Fife ⓘ Lothian ⓘ surface form: Lothians Scottish Borders ⓘ Tayside ⓘ
successor	London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ
transportMode	railway ⓘ

Referenced by (38)

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

Rosyth railway station → historicalOperator → North British Railway ⓘ

Kirkcaldy railway station → originallyOpenedBy → North British Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edinburgh and Northern Railway

Kinghorn railway station → originalOperator → North British Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edinburgh and Northern Railway

Kinghorn railway station → preGroupingOperator → North British Railway ⓘ

Aberdour railway station → originalOperator → North British Railway ⓘ

Markinch railway station → originalOperator → North British Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edinburgh and Northern Railway

Markinch railway station → preGroupingOperator → North British Railway ⓘ

Burntisland railway station → originalCompany → North British Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edinburgh and Northern Railway

Burntisland railway station → preGroupingCompany → North British Railway ⓘ

Caledonian Railway → competedWith → North British Railway ⓘ

London and North Eastern Railway → precededBy → North British Railway ⓘ

London and North Eastern Railway → ownedInfrastructure → North British Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: North British Railway network

Tay Bridge disaster → railwayCompany → North British Railway ⓘ

West Highland Line → formerOperator → North British Railway ⓘ

North Clyde Line → historicalOperator → North British Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: North British Railway (constituent routes)

Cupar railway station → preGroupingOperator → North British Railway ⓘ

Haymarket railway station → laterManagedBy → North British Railway ⓘ

Carlisle railway station → alsoUsedByHistoricCompany → North British Railway ⓘ

Galashiels railway station → formerOperator → North British Railway ⓘ

Dalmeny railway station → openedBy → North British Railway ⓘ

Coatbridge Sunnyside railway station → originalOperator → North British Railway ⓘ

Coatbridge Central railway station → formerOperator → North British Railway ⓘ

Gorebridge → historicallyAssociatedWith → North British Railway ⓘ

Waverley Route → operator → North British Railway ⓘ

NBR → fullName → North British Railway ⓘ

subject surface form: North British Railway

Queen Street railway station → laterCompany → North British Railway ⓘ

Edinburgh to Aberdeen line → historicalOperator → North British Railway ⓘ

Cowlairs Works → ownedBy → North British Railway ⓘ

Cowlairs Works → railwayCompanyAssociation → North British Railway ⓘ

Helensburgh Upper railway station → preGroupingCompany → North British Railway ⓘ

Stow railway station → originalOperator → North British Railway ⓘ

Cardross railway station → preGroupingCompany → North British Railway ⓘ

Thomas Bouch → employer → North British Railway ⓘ

Court of Inquiry → criticized → North British Railway ⓘ

subject surface form: Court of Inquiry into the Tay Bridge Disaster

ScotRail Highland routes → historicalPredecessor → North British Railway ⓘ

Springburn → historicalEmployer → North British Railway ⓘ

Corrour railway station → laterManagedBy → North British Railway ⓘ

Ardlui railway station → preGroupingCompany → North British Railway ⓘ