North British Railway
The North British Railway (NBR) was a British railway company that existed from 1844 to 1922 . The length of the route network, which is mostly in Scotland , was 2218 km.
In July 1845, around a year after it was founded, the NBR opened its first route from Edinburgh to Berwick-upon-Tweed . Shortly before, the company had taken over the Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway. This was followed by numerous other takeovers of railway companies of local and regional importance. The most important was the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway between the two largest cities in Scotland in 1865 .
In order to offer direct trains to London , the NBR cooperated from 1860 with the North Eastern Railway and the Great Northern Railway ; the three companies procured rolling stock with uniform technical specifications in order to enable continuous operation on the East Coast Main Line .
The main lines of the NBR were:
- The section of today's East Coast Main Line between Berwick-upon-Tweed and Edinburgh and the continuation to Dundee and Aberdeen
- The Waverley Line between Edinburgh and Carlisle
- The West Highland Line from Glasgow to Mallaig
- Edinburgh - Glasgow
- Edinburgh - Perth
- Edinburgh - Stirling
The NBR was best known for two important bridge structures, the Tay Rail Bridge (opened in 1877, collapsed in 1879, reopened in 1887) and the Forth Bridge (opened in 1890). In Edinburgh, the NBR owned the luxurious North British Hotel , which opened in 1902 and is now considered one of the city's landmarks.
With the entry into force of the Railways Act 1921 on January 1, 1923, the NBR was part of the London and North Eastern Railway .
See also
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