North British Railway

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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.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form As subject As object
Edinburgh and Northern Railway 0 4
North British Railway network 0 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 (14)

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

Caledonian Railway → competedWith → North British Railway →
West Highland Line → formerOperator → North British Railway →
Rosyth railway station → historicalOperator → North British Railway →
Burntisland railway station → originalCompany → North British Railway →
this entity surface form: Edinburgh and Northern Railway
Aberdour railway station → originalOperator → North British Railway →
Kinghorn railway station → originalOperator → North British Railway →
this entity surface form: Edinburgh and Northern Railway
Markinch railway station → originalOperator → North British Railway →
this entity surface form: Edinburgh and Northern Railway
Kirkcaldy railway station → originallyOpenedBy → North British Railway →
this entity surface form: Edinburgh and Northern Railway
this entity surface form: North British Railway network
Burntisland railway station → preGroupingCompany → North British Railway →
Kinghorn railway station → preGroupingOperator → North British Railway →
Markinch railway station → preGroupingOperator → North British Railway →
London and North Eastern Railway → precededBy → North British Railway →
Tay Bridge disaster → railwayCompany → North British Railway →