North British Railway
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The North British Railway was a Scottish railway company that was absorbed into the London and North Eastern Railway at the Grouping in 1923.
It operated services between Waverley station, Edinburgh and Glasgow Queen Street station in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Carlisle (via Peebles – the Waverley Route) and between Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Aberdeen. The North British Hotel at the east end of Princes street in Edinburgh city centre forms a prominent landmark with its crown steeple displaying large clocks, but it has been renamed the Balmoral Hotel (though the old name is still shown in the stonework).
It was a partner (with the North Eastern Railway and the Great Northern Railway) in the East Coast Joint Stock operation.
Component companies
During its existence the NBR absorbed the following companies:- Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway - first public railway in Scotland
- Dundee and Arbroath Railway
- Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway
- Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
- Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway
- Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway
- Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway
- Newburgh and North Fife Railway
- West Highland Railway
External links
| Major constituent railway companies of the London and North Eastern Railway: |
Great Central | Great Eastern | Great Northern | ''Great North of Scotland | ''Hull & Barnsley | North British | North Eastern (Full list of constituents) |
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