Caledonian Railway main line

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main line railway railway line

The Caledonian Railway main line was a major 19th-century Scottish railway route that formed the core of the Caledonian Railway network, linking central Scotland with England and later becoming part of the West Coast Main Line.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Caledonian Main Line 1
Caledonian Railway main line canonical 1
Caledonian main line to Carstairs 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf main line railway ⓘ
railway line ⓘ
becamePartOf London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ
surface form: London, Midland and Scottish Railway network
borderCrossingRole link between Scotland and England ⓘ
connects England ⓘ
central Scotland ⓘ
connectsCity Carlisle ⓘ
Glasgow ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
electrification 25 kV AC overhead ⓘ
endPoint Carlisle ⓘ
Carlisle railway station ⓘ
surface form: Carlisle Citadel railway station
formsCorridor Glasgow–Carlisle section of the West Coast Main Line ⓘ
surface form: Glasgow–Carlisle rail corridor

Scotland–England rail corridor ⓘ
formsPartOf West Coast Main Line ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
geographicDirection north–south ⓘ
historicalEra 19th century ⓘ
historicalImportance major 19th-century Scottish railway route ⓘ
historicalRegion Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
historicOperator Caledonian Railway ⓘ
importance core route of Caledonian Railway ⓘ
integratedInto West Coast Main Line ⓘ
laterBecame part of British Rail West Coast Main Line ⓘ
linkedTo English railway network at Carlisle ⓘ
locatedIn United Kingdom ⓘ
opened 1840s ⓘ
operator Caledonian Railway ⓘ
originalCompany Caledonian Railway ⓘ
partOf Caledonian Railway ⓘ
surface form: Caledonian Railway network
partOfRoute London–Glasgow main line ⓘ
surface form: London–Glasgow rail route
primaryFunction freight transport ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ
regionServed central Scotland ⓘ
significance principal north–south route in western Scotland ⓘ
startPoint Glasgow ⓘ
Glasgow Central railway station ⓘ
status in use ⓘ
successorOperator British Rail ⓘ
surface form: British Railways

London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ
Network Rail ⓘ
trackConfiguration double track ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

West Coast Main Line (nearby via Motherwell) → historicalComponent → Caledonian Railway main line ⓘ
subject surface form: West Coast Main Line
Edinburgh Princes Street station → servedRoute → Caledonian Railway main line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caledonian main line to Carstairs
Ecclefechan → railwayLineServed → Caledonian Railway main line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caledonian Main Line