London and North Eastern Railway

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former company railway company

London and North Eastern Railway was a major British railway company formed in 1923, known for operating key routes in eastern and northeastern England and for famous express trains like the Flying Scotsman and Mallard.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
London and North Eastern Railway canonical	136
LNER	9
London and North Eastern Railway network	2
Great Northern Section of LNER	1
LNER London and North Eastern Railway system	1
London North Eastern Railway	1
London North Eastern Railway (former)	1
London and North Eastern Railway (1923–1948)	1
London and North Eastern Railway (historical)	1
North Eastern Area of the LNER	1

Statements (93)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former company ⓘ railway company ⓘ
abbreviation	London and North Eastern Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: LNER
chiefMechanicalEngineer	Arthur Peppercorn ⓘ Edward Thompson ⓘ Nigel Gresley ⓘ
colorScheme	apple green for express steam locomotives ⓘ black for freight locomotives ⓘ
country	Great Britain ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
designer	Nigel Gresley ⓘ
dissolved	1948 ⓘ
followedBy	British Rail Eastern Region ⓘ British Rail ⓘ surface form: British Railways
formedBy	Railways Act 1921 ⓘ
headquartersLocation	London King’s Cross ⓘ surface form: King's Cross station London, England ⓘ surface form: London
inception	1923 ⓘ
industry	rail transport ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
nationalizationDate	1948-01-01 ⓘ
nationalizedInto	British Rail ⓘ surface form: British Railways
notableLocomotive	LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman ⓘ LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard ⓘ
notableLocomotiveClass	LNER Class A1 ⓘ LNER Class A3 ⓘ LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard ⓘ surface form: LNER Class A4 LNER Class P2 ⓘ LNER Class V2 ⓘ
notableTrain	Coronation ⓘ Flying Scotsman (periodically) ⓘ surface form: Flying Scotsman Silver Jubilee 1977 ⓘ surface form: Silver Jubilee The Elizabethan ⓘ
operatedInArea	Aberdeen ⓘ Cambridge, England ⓘ surface form: Cambridge County Durham ⓘ East Coast Main Line ⓘ East Midlands ⓘ Edinburgh ⓘ Glasgow ⓘ Great Eastern Main Line ⓘ Hull ⓘ Leeds ⓘ Lincolnshire ⓘ London King’s Cross ⓘ surface form: London King's Cross London Liverpool Street ⓘ Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ Northumberland ⓘ Norwich ⓘ Scotland ⓘ York ⓘ Yorkshire ⓘ eastern England ⓘ north-eastern England ⓘ
operatedService	coal transport from North East England ⓘ express passenger trains ⓘ fish trains from Scottish and North Sea ports ⓘ freight rail transport ⓘ passenger rail transport ⓘ suburban services around London ⓘ
ownedBy	private shareholders ⓘ
ownedFacility	Cowlairs Works ⓘ Darlington Works ⓘ Doncaster Works ⓘ Gateshead Works ⓘ Gorton Works ⓘ Stratford Works ⓘ
ownedInfrastructure	East Coast Main Line ⓘ Great Central Railway ⓘ surface form: Great Central Railway network Great Eastern Main Line ⓘ Great Eastern Railway ⓘ surface form: Great Eastern Railway network Great North of Scotland Railway ⓘ surface form: Great North of Scotland Railway network Great Northern Railway ⓘ surface form: Great Northern Railway network Hull and Barnsley Railway ⓘ surface form: Hull and Barnsley Railway network North British Railway ⓘ surface form: North British Railway network North Eastern Railway network ⓘ
ownedPort	Grimsby ⓘ Harwich ⓘ Hull docks ⓘ Immingham ⓘ
ownedShippingLine	Harwich–Hook of Holland ferry services ⓘ
partOf	Big Four (British railway companies) ⓘ surface form: Big Four railway companies
precededBy	Great Central Railway ⓘ Great Eastern Railway ⓘ Great North of Scotland Railway ⓘ Great Northern Railway ⓘ Hull and Barnsley Railway ⓘ North British Railway ⓘ North Eastern Railway ⓘ
recordDate	1938-07-03 ⓘ
recordHeld	world speed record for steam locomotives ⓘ
recordSetBy	LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard ⓘ
recordSpeed	126 mph ⓘ

Referenced by (154)

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

Rosyth railway station → postgroupOperator → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

Edinburgh Waverley → servedBy → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: London North Eastern Railway

London, Midland and Scottish Railway → competitor → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

Kinghorn railway station → postGroupingOperator → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

Aberdour railway station → postgroupOperator → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

Markinch railway station → postGroupingOperator → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

Burntisland railway station → postGroupingCompany → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

British Rail → predecessor → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

Great Yarmouth railway station → hasFormerOperator → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

Transport Act 1947 → abolishedEntities → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

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

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

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

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

London and North Eastern Railway → abbreviation → London and North Eastern Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: LNER

East Coast Main Line → historicalOperator → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: London and North Eastern Railway (1923–1948)

Cleethorpes railway station → postGroupingCompany → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

Scarborough railway station → postGroupingCompany → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

Stockton and Darlington Railway → laterPartOf → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

Railways Act 1921 → createdEntity → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

Big Four (British railway companies) → consistsOf → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

Big Four (British railway companies) → hasPart → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

LMS → concurrentWith → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

London North Eastern Railway → namedAfter → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

Grantham railway station → laterCompany → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

Doncaster → railwayHeritage → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: LNER

North Yorkshire Moors Railway → laterOwnedBy → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

Cupar railway station → postGroupingOperator → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

King's Lynn railway station → postGroupingCompany → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

Haymarket railway station → laterManagedBy → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

Class 156 Super Sprinter → operator → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

subject surface form: British Rail Class 156

this entity surface form: London North Eastern Railway (former)

London–Aberdeen → historicalOperator → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

subject surface form: London–Aberdeen rail corridor

Ipswich railway station → laterCompany → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

Ely railway station → formerOperator → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

Attleborough railway station → postGroupingOperator → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

Spooner Row railway station → postGroupingCompany → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

Coatbridge Sunnyside railway station → postgroupOperator → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

Great Eastern Railway → successor → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

Great Eastern Railway → groupedInto → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

Harling Road railway station → postGroupingCompany → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

Broxbourne railway station → laterCompany → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

Bishop's Stortford railway station → laterCompany → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

Norman Wilkinson → employer → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

Littleport railway station → formerOperator → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

Downham Market railway station → formerOperator → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

Watlington railway station → laterOperatedBy → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

Mallard → operator → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

Mallard → manufacturer → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

Flying Scotsman (periodically) → operator → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

subject surface form: Flying Scotsman

Flying Scotsman (periodically) → railwayCompany → London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

subject surface form: Flying Scotsman