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.

Aliases (3)

LNER ×1
London North Eastern Railway ×1
London and North Eastern Railway (1923–1948) ×1

Statements (93)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former company → railway company →
abbreviation	LNER →
chiefMechanicalEngineer	Arthur Peppercorn NERFINISHED → 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 Railways →
formedBy	Railways Act 1921 →
headquartersLocation	King's Cross station → London →
inception	1923 →
industry	rail transport →
languageOfName	English →
nationalizationDate	1948-01-01 →
nationalizedInto	British Railways →
notableLocomotive	LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman → LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard →
notableLocomotiveClass	LNER Class A1 → LNER Class A3 → LNER Class A4 → LNER Class P2 → LNER Class V2 →
notableTrain	Coronation → Flying Scotsman → Silver Jubilee → The Elizabethan →
operatedInArea	Aberdeen → Cambridge → County Durham → East Coast Main Line → East Midlands → Edinburgh → Glasgow → Great Eastern Main Line → Hull → Leeds → Lincolnshire → 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 network → Great Eastern Main Line → Great Eastern Railway network → Great North of Scotland Railway network → Great Northern Railway network → Hull and Barnsley Railway network → North British Railway network → North Eastern Railway network →
ownedPort	Grimsby → Harwich → Hull docks → Immingham →
ownedShippingLine	Harwich–Hook of Holland ferry services →
partOf	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 (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Burntisland railway station → Cleethorpes railway station → Scarborough railway station →	postGroupingCompany
Kinghorn railway station → Markinch railway station →	postGroupingOperator
Aberdour railway station → Rosyth railway station →	postgroupOperator
London and North Eastern Railway ("LNER") →	abbreviation
Transport Act 1947 →	abolishedEntities
North British Railway →	becamePartOf
London, Midland and Scottish Railway →	competitor
Railways Act 1921 →	createdEntity
Great Yarmouth railway station →	hasFormerOperator
East Coast Main Line ("London and North Eastern Railway (1923–1948)") →	historicalOperator
Stockton and Darlington Railway →	laterPartOf
North British Railway →	mergedInto
British Rail →	predecessor
North British Railway →	predecessorOf
Edinburgh Waverley ("London North Eastern Railway") →	servedBy
North British Railway →	successor