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    The North British Railway was a British railway company, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established in 1844, with the intention of linking with...
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    by the Caledonian Railway and Cowlairs railway works, owned by the North British Railway. Latterly both works were operated by British Rail Engineering...
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    Eastern Railway Great Central Railway Great Northern Railway Great North of Scotland Railway Hull and Barnsley Railway North British Railway North Eastern...
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  • The history of the North British Railway until 1855 traces the founding and construction of the railway company. It built and opened its line between Edinburgh...
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  • The North British Railway was opened in 1846 as the line from Edinburgh to Berwick-upon-Tweed, and its workshops were initially situated in St. Margarets...
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  • Peter (eds.). British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923, Volume 6: Great Eastern Railway, North British Railway, Great North of Scotland Railway, Midland &...
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    Great Northern Railway near Doncaster and the North British Railway at Berwick-upon-Tweed. Although primarily a Northern English railway, the NER had a...
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    continual use since, under the auspices of the North British, the LNER, British Railways (rebranded as British Rail after 1965), Railtrack and latterly Network...
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    was able to carry railway traffic, and Thomas Bouch, engineer to the North British Railway (NBR) and Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, was in 1863–1864 working...
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  • also refer to: North British Academy of Arts North British Distillery North British Locomotive Company North British Railway North British Hotel - now known...
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    companies controlling the route; the North British Railway (NBR), the North Eastern Railway (NER) and the Great Northern Railway (GNR). In 1860 the three companies...
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  • Sutherland Railway opened 13 April 1868 Sutherland and Caithness Railway opened 28 July 1874 Wick and Lybster Railway North British Railway became part...
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    developed with other, larger Scottish railways, particularly the North British Railway and the Glasgow and South Western Railway. The company established primacy...
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    The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. In the late 19th century, the LNWR was the largest...
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    creation of the railway system. The North British Railway operated from 1846 to 1923, leaving a later legacy in the name of the North British Hotel in Edinburgh...
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    The North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway was a company established by Act of Parliament in 1871 to construct and operate a railway line from north...
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  • on January 1, 1948 until it was privatised, the railway was the North Western Region of British Railways (BR). From 1925 onwards, it has been managed by...
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  • British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most rail transport in Great Britain from 1948...
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    of rail transport in Great Britain 1830–1922 covers the period between the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR), and the Grouping, the...
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  • Haymarket to North Bridge in 1846, and a joint station for connection with the North British Railway was opened on what is now Edinburgh Waverley railway station...
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  • two railways operated collaboratively, but neither was successful financially and insolvency seemed inevitable. However the North British Railway (NBR)...
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  • Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway. The station was opened on 1 May 1879 by the North British Railway. It closed on 1 January 1917 but reopened...
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    November 1863 on the North British Railway. It closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 13 August 1948. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations...
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    Aberdeen connections for journeys south over the Caledonian and North British Railways. Its eventual area encompassed the three Scottish counties of Aberdeenshire...
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  • Coatbridge Railway. It was operated by the North British Railway, which under the Railways Act 1921 became part of the London and North Eastern Railway. The...
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  • Dolphinton (North British Railway) railway station served the village of Dolphinton, Lanarkshire, Scotland from 1864 to 1933 on the Leadburn, Linton and...
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  • Bargeddie was a railway station in the village of Bargeddie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It was opened as Cuilhill, by the North British Railway on 1 February...
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    Carlisle, in North West England, formed the focus for a number of railway routes because of the geography of the area. At first each railway company had...
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  • list of closed railway stations in Britain includes the following: Year of closure is given if known. Stations reopened as heritage railways continue to...
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    with the North Eastern Railway and the North British Railway so as to offer seamless travel facilities. The main line railways of Great Britain were "grouped"...
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