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this was to extend the system profitably, but in many it was simply to keep rival lines, especially the Caledonian Railway, out. For some time shareholder opinion was with him, but over time disquiet took hold when the scale of the commitments was disclosed. In 1851, North British Railway £25 shares were trading at £6 (equivalent to £830 in 2023). At a shareholders meeting in 1851 it was pointed out that when the company's network had been 89 miles in extent revenue had been £39,304. Now the network was 146 miles and revenue was £39,967 (equivalent to £5,527,460 in 2023). Huge sums were being written off in failed ventures, while equally huge sums were being sought for new ones. Some shareholders remembered George Hudson's offer of 8% for the company in 1847, which had been refused. It was noted that the Caledonian Railway was equally determined to enlarge its system, but was doing so by leasing smaller companies, avoiding a large payment at the beginning.

492:, and also attempted to gain control of the Edinburgh and Perth Railway company, which was itself preparing plans for its line. In the 1845 session of Parliament Learmonth secured authorising acts of Parliament for numerous branch lines, mostly to forestall incursion by competitors. In addition, the first part of the line to Carlisle, the Edinburgh and Hawick Railway, was authorised: it was nominally independent, but in fact the shares were all owned by Learmonth and other NBR directors. Also in the 1845 session, the Caledonian Railway was authorised. The Caledonian was to prove a bitter rival. The Edinburgh and Perth Railway failed to get parliamentary authorisation. 819:(N&CR) at Hexham. The North Eastern Railway wished to absorb the N&CR, and the NBR agreed to withdraw its opposition in an exchange of running powers. The NBR acquired the powers over the BCR line into Newcastle. This seemed a hugely important goal, although the route over the two Borders lines was long and arduous. The exchange was that the NER got running powers from Berwick to Edinburgh. If Hodgson believed that this was an equitable exchange, he was soon rid of the belief, for the NER was now able to run through line goods and passenger trains right in to Edinburgh on the main line. 1389:, and the proposed Forth Bridge was also designed by him. As enquiries proceeded, Bouch's shortcomings in the Tay Bridge became more apparent and his Forth Bridge design was not proceeded with. The planned restoration of the Tay Bridge became the planned construction of a new bridge. It was to be double track, and of course wholly the responsibility of the North British Company. On 18 July 1881 the Parliamentary Bill for the replacement Tay Bridge received Royal Assent. On 10 June 1887, the first passenger train passed across the new bridge, and a full public service started from 20 June 1887. 775:, striking north into presumed mineral-rich areas. It was authorised in 1854, and opened as far as Chollerford in 1858; its significance was the potential to enter the area between Carlisle and Hawick: in 1857 it presented a bill to Parliament to join the Hawick line. That was not successful, but Hodgson caused the NBR shareholders to vote £450,000 (equivalent to £54,224,300 in 2023) for the Carlisle extension from Hawick; such was his power of persuasion. However the bill presented to Parliament in the 1858 session was rejected, as was a competing Caledonian Railway Bill. 707: 431: 323: 1873: 1533:, from Craigendoran to Fort William, through largely unpopulated terrain. The constructing company was to be independent, although supported financially by the NBR. The work was authorised in 1889 and it was opened on 7 August 1894. The cost of the construction had been £1.1 million (equivalent to £158,210,500 in 2023), a considerable overrun on the estimated cost. The NBR had guaranteed a dividend to the West Highland Railway Company based on a much smaller construction cost, and the commitment was now far beyond what the line was likely to produce in income. 90: 1239:, built independently by the Wemyss family, owners of the land in the area. The Wemyss and Buckhaven line connected to the NBR at Thornton. There were harbours at Leven and Methil immediately adjacent to the East Fife collieries, but the NBR was content to haul the coal to Burntisland, causing further ill feeling, and there was a move to develop Methil Harbour independently. The NBR reluctantly acquiesced and in 1889 took over the Wemyss and Buckhaven line and developed Methil Harbour. 99: 1667:; special lightweight trains were run. The North British Railway was reluctant to join in, for several reasons: it was sceptical whether the cost of the running would pay off in publicity terms; there was continuing bad feeling with the NER over the running powers from Berwick to Edinburgh; and the NBR did not want to offend the Midland Railway, its main partner at Carlisle; the Midland had a more difficult route from London to Carlisle and was not a party to the races. 1821: 1675:, and the latter gave an ambiguous judgement, but the ambiguity was sufficient for the NBR to take over the running of all trains north of Berwick from 14 January 1897. This meant that all long-distance passenger trains changed engines at Berwick, and the track layout there was inconvenient for the purpose; the NER owned the track right up to the southern end of the station, and the NER took care to make the engine changing process as difficult as possible. 1540:. Financial arrangements seemed to be in place when the Mallaig Extension Bill was passed on 31 July 1894, but the promised Government Guarantee Bill required for the subsidy was not put forward, and for the time being nothing was done. On 7 May 1895 the guarantee was finally forthcoming: a 3% guarantee on £260,000 of capital with a grant of £30,000 to improve the harbour at Mallaig and make it suitable as a fishing harbour. The line opened on 1 April 1901. 1958: 1078:

preference share issue had flopped, and it proved impossible to pay debenture interest and preference share guaranteed dividends. Evidently it was intended to pay the dividend out of new capital; North British ordinary shares fell overnight by 8% after this revelation. Widespread financial impropriety and falsification of accounts were disclosed, all laid at Hodgson's door, and this was reported to a Special General Meeting on 14 November 1866.

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Railway was slow in completing and well over budget; but the NBR hoped to get a decent goods station at College, so commitment was made to building the Coatbridge to Glasgow line. Throughout 1868 steady progress was being made in getting the financial state of the company under control, and from January 1869 it was announced that cash dividends and payment on the warrants would be forthcoming.

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established to determine the approved route. It was assumed for some time that only a single route was commercially viable. The commission, the Smith-Barlow Commission, deliberated for some time and presented an ambiguous report, and public opinion had moved on: numerous schemes for railways were proposed, not all of them practicable.

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unexpected works into separate undertakings... It is to local parties that the Directors look for subscriptions to construct branch lines, required for the accommodation of particular districts, so that it will in a great measure rest with the local interests, whether or not such works shall be immediately proceeded with.

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Citadel station. The financial position was somewhat better and a 2% dividend on ordinary shares was announced in August. There was more excitement to come: the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway had for years seemed to be on the point of joining in with the Caledonian Railway, but now it seemed that it, together with the

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However, the NBR shareholders received this with scepticism; the earlier proposal had been rejected because the NBR share would only be 45.5% of the group revenue; now the Board were supporting a scheme that would only give them 39%. It was suggested that the backlog of renewals in the reference year

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In the spring of 1866, Hodgson declared a 3% dividend on ordinary shares, but the share price continued to decline. In the Autumn of 1866 Hodgson was again proposing a dividend of 3% but a new company secretary, John Walker, alerted the finance committee to the true state of the NBR's finances. A new

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The station at Edinburgh was located in a depression between the Old and New Towns; this had early been a disreputable and insanitary swamp called the Nor' Loch, although steps had been taken to provide ornamental gardens on part of the area. The North British Railway obtained a cramped site close to

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Conacher was a strong-willed manager and many reforms were introduced by him, but in 1899 a scandal arose in the board room of the company in connection with undertakings given by a director, Randolph Wemyss. Wemyss had skilfully manipulated the situation in his own favour, and Conacher felt that he

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Kincardine was developing as a port and the agricultural district on the Forth east of Alloa was considered to be remote. The NBR opened a branch line from Alloa to Kincardine; it opened in 1893. Although the area was entirely agricultural, the NBR responded to demands for a railway closing the gap,

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had opened in 1886; also nominally independent but sponsored by the NBR and absorbed by the NBR on opening day, the line ran east–west through the city of Glasgow, with a new low level station at Queens Street. The line transformed suburban services: local branch trains no longer needed to terminate

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The approach railways were now complete, but considerable volumes of bad publicity resulted from the inadequate state of Edinburgh Waverley station. Many trains now attached and detached portions and vehicles in the station, and the track layout and platform accommodation was grossly inadequate. The

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c. ccxvii) was passed authorising the merger and it took place on 31 July between the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway and the Monkland Railways, and the following day the merged company was absorbed by the North British. Although some commentators had expected that the E&GR might have absorbed the

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Geographical expansion was limited to funding the Parliamentary deposits of prospective friendly branch line companies, with provisional agreements to work their lines. Some changes to the Dalkeith line connections around Edinburgh were made, including feeding the Leith line and the Musselburgh line

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With the acquisition of the Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway in 1862, the NBR had acquired a line to Dunfermline from Thornton, passing through terrain that was rich in coal. When the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway was taken over, the NBR also got hold of the Stirling to Dunfermline line, passing

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From 1 June 1869, the North Eastern Railway started running its engines through to Edinburgh on passenger trains; the arrangement had been agreed as part of the Border Counties arrangements in 1862. From July, the NER was running all the through passenger trains. The NBR paid the NER one shilling a

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the company are under obligations to construct new lines, involving a further amount of £2,600,000. It s essential to limit this liability... but do not consider an indiscriminate abandonment of works to be desirable. Accordingly provision is made in the Finance Act for constituting certain of the

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The board resigned, only four remaining for the sake of continuity, and the previous statement of accounts and the declared dividend were reversed. No dividend was paid and warrants bearing 4% interest "until paid" were issued in their place, The meeting was naturally lengthy and at times stormy; a

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opened in stages from 1861, opening throughout on 1 August 1862. There was limited intermediate population, and the Caledonian Railway frustrated attempts to arrange through workings, or even through bookings, for passengers, and goods traffic was diverted away from the NBR. The NBR made use of its

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Hodgson used the mutual rebuff to try to form an alliance with the Caledonian, building and operating the line jointly. His objective was obviously to achieve access through Carlisle southwards, but the Caledonian saw through that and turned him down. The NBR presented a fresh bill for the Carlisle

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The Chairman of the North British Railway was John Learmonth. From the outset he had seen that expansion of the North British Railway was the way forward, and with allies on the Board he had invested heavily, both personally and through the company, in subscriptions to other railways. In some cases

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The NBR obtained Parliamentary authority in 1846 to build numerous branches off its main line and off the Hawick line. Not all of these were built, but in addition to the Haddington branch, which had opened contemporaneously with the main line, several were opened in the period to 1855. These were:

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In November 1896, the North British Railway appealed to the Court of Session about the North Eastern Railway running powers on the line between Berwick and Edinburgh. The NBR had voluntarily agreed to these at the time of the formation of the Border Counties Railway. The Court of Session had ruled

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The onward route towards Aberdeen was in progress, and in March 1881 the line between Arbroath and Kinnaber Junction, north of Montrose, was opened. With the replacement Tay Bridge this was to give the NBR more control over its trains to Aberdeen, although they still had to use running powers over

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was formed from two earlier railways and ran from Thornton to Leven and Anstruther, but for some time without satisfactory connections to the harbours. Both railways were engineered very cheaply, and while this had facilitated acquiring the funds for construction, it left the lines unable to renew

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through Alloa, and further consolidating its hold on the West Fife coalfield. The bulk of the coal went to Burntisland for export and coastal transport to market. Burntisland had been developed as a ferry port but was increasingly used for export, and had become the most important harbour in Fife.

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The NBR had long aspired to reach Aberdeen independently, and the 1862 acquisition of the Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway had been a step towards that. An agreement arising from the 1866 amalgamation of the Caledonian Railway and the Scottish North Eastern Railway entitled the NBR to propose a

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opened part of its line from St Boswells to Dunse (later spelt Duns) in 1865. The line was worked by the NBR and formed a continuous route with the earlier Dunse branch. The Berwickshire Railway was heavily supported by the NBR, probably as a strategic measure to keep the Caledonian Railway out of

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was slow; goods operation from Carlisle to Scotch Dyke, not far from Longtown, started on 11 October 1861, and the entire line was opened for goods trains on 23 June 1862 and for passengers on 1 July 1862. The Border Counties Railway opened throughout on the same dates. The Border Counties joined

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was authorised to close the gap and extend to Aberfoyle. The line opened in 1882, but the company lost money and sold its line to the NBR in 1891. The Blane Valley Railway was absorbed by the NBR at the same time. The original Lennoxtown branch had passed to the NBR with the Edinburgh and Glasgow

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At the time of the fall of the first Tay Bridge, plans for the Forth Bridge were well advanced. Thomas Bouch had been responsible for both designs, and as his culpability in the fall of the Tay Bridge became exposed, the work on the Forth Bridge was suspended. A search for a new design was agreed

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while a train was crossing it, killing all 74 or 75 in the Tay. As well as the human tragedy, this was a huge shock to the North British Railway, which was planning the construction of a Forth Bridge at the time, enabling it finally to get an independent line from Edinburgh to Dundee. The Company

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not merely deliberate falsification of the accounts from year to year so as to show to the shareholders and divide among them a revenue which was not in existence and was known not to have been earned; but it was a careful and most ingenious fabrication of imaginary accounts, begun and carried on

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Hodgson did not attend; instead he sent a letter of resignation, and blamed bad headaches for preventing him from being present. John Balfour, the former chairman, took the chair for the meeting. The Committee of enquiry submitted a lengthy report, which included the statement that there had been

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From 22 May 1868, the new connection to the former Edinburgh Leith and Granton Railway via Piershill was opened; this gave a more modern, but more circuitous, approach to Granton, still in use for passenger traffic by ferry to Fife, and Leith, correspondingly for goods. The City of Glasgow Union

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NBR, the reality was that the new board consisted of 13 former NBR directors and two E&G men. The NBR habitually ran trains on Sundays and started doing so on the E&GR main line, which had not. This ignited fresh protests from Sabbatarians but the NBR stuck to its position on the matter.

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Since the full opening of the Border Union Railway, passenger trains had terminated at the Canal station of the Port Carlisle Railway. By 1864 the line was double track throughout and from 1 July 1864 the passenger trains were diverted over the Caledonian Railway connecting line, to terminate in

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Parliament had declined to authorised the NBR line throughout to Carlisle, and for the time being Hawick was to be the southern terminus, although the plan to construct to Carlisle later was made manifest. As the Edinburgh end was to use the old Edinburgh and Dalkeith alignment, some connections

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With the huge adverse publicity about the congestion and inadequate accommodation at Waverley station after the opening of the Forth Bridge, the NBR obtained agreement to develop the site, and an act of Parliament was passed on 5 August 1891 to enlarge the station and quadruple the line through

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On 12 December 1866, the interim Chairman of the Company published a notice, stating the intention to make a 5.5% preference share issue in the amount of £1,875,625 (equivalent to £219,477,900 in 2023), covering all the financial liabilities of the company. On 22 December the Glasgow Herald

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On 4 March 1890, the Forth Bridge was opened. Until that date the NBR had conveyed passengers and goods into Fife by ferry across the Firth of Forth. The opening of the bridge transformed the railway geography of Fife and the Lothians, but the North British Railway had been slow in forming the

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From 1873 onward, operating costs rose considerably faster than receipts and the NBR discontinued paying a dividend on ordinary shares, the only Scottish railway in this position at the time. A concerted effort was made to get the situation under control, and a 4% dividend was announced at the

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in 1867; the arrangement excluded the North British from nearly all goods traffic, and its revelation damaged good feeling: indeed the Caledonian were doing what they could to make the Waverley Route the source of the difficulties. By late 1869 the revenue sharing agreement was a dead letter.

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was expanding his portfolio of railways and in 1847 his York and Newcastle Railway and the Newcastle and Berwick Railway were close to completing the English portion of a route from London to Edinburgh. Hudson made an offer to purchase the North British Railway (through the medium of his own

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In the final two years there were lengthy negotiation over war compensation, and negotiation over the share transfer into the LNER. In 1922 the North British had 650 passenger stations, and 1,377 track miles (2,216 km). There were 1,074 locomotives, and receipts amounted to £2,369,700

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During the construction of the E&GR, the money market had eased somewhat and a rapid development of long-distance railways took place in England. Scottish promoters began to consider how central Scotland could be connected to the growing English network, and a government commission was

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After the NBR had formally purchased the Edinburgh and Hawick Railway, first openings took place in 1847 but it was not until 1 November 1849 that the line was open throughout to Hawick. For the time being Learmonth's objective of a line reaching Carlisle, which was later to become the

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Calton Tunnel and westward to Saughton Junction (then named Corstorphine). The work at Waverley progressed slowly, and an act of Parliament for extension of time had to be sought in 1894. It was in fact 1899 before the improvements considered to be required were all in place.

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Building on the improved relations with the Caledonian, Kippendavie reached a revenue sharing arrangement with that company on 16 January 1868; the agreement included refrain from opposing time extension on NBR projects that had been delayed by the financial turmoil.

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In early 1852, a new preference share issue failed, and at the Shareholders' meeting in March two directors resigned, and Learmonth was forced to declare that he too would go in due course. This was hardly a tenable position and on 13 May 1852 he resigned.

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opened in 1856 from Balloch to Stirling, passing through largely agricultural terrain. The company leased its line to the NBR in 1866, but stayed in existence, simply receiving and distributing the lease charge, until the grouping of the railways in 1923.

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worn-out track, and they both agreed absorption by the NBR in 1877. The agricultural area between the two lines was crossed by the Anstruther and St Andrews Railway, but it too was unable to continue alone and the Company agreed to join the NBR in 1883.

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Shareholder hostility did not die down following the meeting, and on 2 February 1872 the Board announced that the proposal would not now be pursued. The Caledonian reacted angrily, saying that, "we shall, no doubt, have a renewal of the old rivalry".

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Hodgson's faith in the Carlisle connection was equally ill-founded; facilities for through bookings and working south of Carlisle were refused. The capital commitment again swamped the financial resources of the company and the dividend sank to 1%.

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As the coal extraction in eastern Fife increased in volume, new pits were opened in areas not previously served by rail, and the NBR was not responsive to the requirements of the coal masters. This dissatisfaction led to the opening in 1881 of the

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The NBR grew to have, by the summer of 1865, about 450 mi (720 km) of route, almost equally divided between double- and single-track. In addition it was working another 40 mi (64 km) of single track for independent companies.

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approach railways to serve the new crossing, and at first only local trains could use it. Full opening was delayed until 2 June 1890, when the new line from Corstorphine (later called Saughton Junction) to Dalmeny, and the improvements to the

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Hodgson reiterated Learmonth's statement that extending from Hawick to Carlisle was a priority. The water was muddied by the Caledonian Railway's stated intention to build its own branch from Carlisle to Hawick, and then by the independent

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c. lxiii), had been passed, enabling the company to issue shares and to pay down debt with the money raised: he announced, somewhat prematurely, that the company was free from debt. The Ordinary Shareholders would get a dividend of 2.5%.

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At first the Newcastle and Berwick Railway was not ready, and passengers and goods to London had to be conveyed by road from Berwick to Newcastle. From 1 July 1847 it was open between Tweedmouth (opposite Berwick on the south side of the

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An Act to empower the North British Railway Company to purchase the Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway, and to alter Part of the Line of the said Railway and of the North British Railway, and to construct certain Branch Railways in connexion

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The chairman of the North British Railway, John Learmonth, saw that capturing as much territory as possible for the North British was essential in the competitive struggle. He prepared plans to build a second main line from Edinburgh to

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Responding to the demand for residential travel to Edinburgh from the suburbs, the Corstorphine branch was opened by the NBR on 2 February 1902. There had long been a Corstorphine station on the main line; it was now renamed Saughton.

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at the east end of Princes Street in Edinburgh city centre forms a prominent landmark with its high tower displaying large clocks. It was renamed the Balmoral Hotel in the 1980s, though the old name is still shown in the stonework.

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By 1869, the Caledonian and the NBR were once again at loggerheads; the main issue now was the Waverley Route, and the proportion of traffic attributable to it. It emerged that the Caledonian had secretly concluded a pact with the

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During July and August 1895, the English partners in the West and East Coast passenger routes engaged in competition to run in the fastest time from London to Aberdeen. This seized the popular imagination and became known as the

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a branch to Musselburgh, formed by extending the E&DR Fisherrow branch across the River Esk; this opened on 16 July 1847; Fisherrow was reduced to goods status only, and the Musselburgh station on the main line was renamed

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NBR's partners in the Forth Bridge Company had, like the NBR itself, invested vast sums of money in the bridge, and they were dismayed to see the critical press coverage now that their investment had at last been completed.

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Relations with the Caledonian Railway were better again, and in the latter half of 1871 the idea of amalgamation took hold. The idea became concrete when the two Companies' Boards agreed on the merger on 29 November 1871.

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Early railways in Scotland had been mainly involved with conveyance of minerals, chiefly coal and limestone in the earliest times, a short distance to a river or coastal harbour for onward transport. The opening of the

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opened. It was intended mainly for the iron ore and finished iron products of Bairds' plant at Kilsyth, and the NBR was grudging about the potential of the line for other purposes. It was in effect an extension of the

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to meet the NBR. The new station was operated jointly, and was simply called "the Edinburgh station" or "the North Bridge station". It also came to be referred to as "the General station", and much later it was named

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next to Queen Street Station was renovated in 1905 to become the company's North British Station Hotel, with the attic converted into a fourth storey under a mansard roof. Following nationalisation it came under

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By September 1856, Hodgson had routed an opposing faction on the board, and operating expenses were down to 44%. At a special shareholders' meeting on 15 July 1856 he announced that the company's money bill, the

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its own access to Carlisle. The Midland was a natural partner for the North British Railway in forming a competing through route via Carlisle. However, passenger operation had to wait until the following year.

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Further west the line ran parallel to the Clyde but at some distance from it, and in the following years much industry developed on the banks of the Clyde, in many cases displaced from Glasgow itself. The

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On 31 May 1877, the Tay Bridge was formally opened. This resulted in a huge realignment of NBR train services; until that date NBR passengers had crossed the Tay by ferry, finally reaching Dundee over the

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opened, from Shettleston. It was worked by the NBR and in 1878 agreement was reached to absorb it. The long line penetrated into Caledonian Railway territory where coal was plentiful. In February 1878 the

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At the grouping of the railways in 1923, the North British Railway was the largest railway company in Scotland, and the fifth largest in the United Kingdom. In that year it became a constituent of the new

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The Shareholders' Meeting of 12 September 1867 was told that arrangements had been made to deal with the £1,875,625 (equivalent to £209,777,300 in 2023) of debt already identified; but

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upon, and the cost of the work was to be shared. The Forth Bridge Railway Company would construct the bridge, and the company would be wholly owned by the North British Railway (30%), the

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The company now sought to grow revenues on the existing network. A rapprochement was reached with the Caledonian Railway—Kippendavie came from that railway's Board—and commitments to the

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The eastern area of Fife had developed railways early on in response to fishing and agriculture: mineral development was to follow later, and became hugely significant. The independent

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Public policy wished to encourage the fishermen of the West Coast in the area, but Fort William was not considered a suitable fishing port, on account of the long passage required up

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companies) for 8% on the NBR capital. Hudson's offer placed a high value on the NBR, but it was rejected by the North British Railway shareholders on the advice of their chairman.

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title appears in company records and on the archived records and letterheads of the holders of the position. Only the last incumbent, Walter Chalmers, formally held the title

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The Midland Railway had abolished second class passenger travel in 1875, and after long deliberation the NBR did the same, on 1 May 1892, except on through trains to England

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In the west of Fife, early mineral workings had resulted in the establishment of a number of mineral tramways and short railways around Dunfermline. These merged to form the

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The Clyde Commissioners were building what became the Queens Dock at Stobcross, and the NBR were anxious to ensure an efficient railway connection to it; this became the

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coalfield, was the largest source of revenue, although delivery to the West Coast harbours and the developing iron smelting industry in the Monklands was problematical.

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resolved immediately to rebuild the Tay Bridge; at first it was presumed that this would be repair and reconstruction. The Tay Bridge had been designed by the engineer

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was opened in 1874 to serve a local industrial area; it was worked by the NBR and eventually absorbed in 1891. The Stocbcross Railway formed a departure point for the

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c. lxvi). The Newcastle and Berwick Railway was building its line, and in time they would form part of a through chain of railways between Edinburgh and London.

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Due to Hodgson's improved management in the period to 1862, the financial position was greatly improved. Dividends on ordinary shares up to 3% became regular.

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line opened, at first to Gallowgate until College station opened in 1871, when the NBR could run a viable Edinburgh to Glasgow passenger service via Airdrie.

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had expanded from its origins and now, as the Edinburgh, Perth And Dundee Railway, it connected the places in its title, albeit with a ferry crossing of the

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fortuitous connection to Silloth to ship goods onwards, but for the time being the line was of doubtful value considering its expense. It was not until the

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took over, but Balfour was not well suited to the role and he had little influence on the course of the North British. He too left the company, and in 1855

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which was then under construction. When complete, that line would give the North British access shipping berths on the Clyde at General Terminus over the

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All these plans for expansion were committing huge sums of money even before the main line was ready. At last on 22 June 1846 the line to Berwick and

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in particular. In doing so it committed huge sums of money, and incurred shareholder disapproval that resulted in two chairmen leaving the company.

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During this frenzy, a group of businesspeople formed the North British Railway Company to build a line from Edinburgh to Berwick (later named

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from time to time for the purpose of supporting the falsified half yearly statements of revenue and the general misrepresentation of affairs

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northward line without Parliamentary opposition from the Caledonian. Now in November 1870 the NB issued a prospectus for such a line, the

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carried an eight-line report that the interim chairman had stood down, and that John Stirling of Kippendavie had been appointed chairman.

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at Newcastle: the two river bridges were still under construction. It was not until 1850 that the permanent bridges were inaugurated, by

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opened; mainly intended to bring minerals from Kilsyth, it was not welcomed with enthusiasm by the NBR, which nonetheless worked it.

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between the NBR and that line had to be made, as well as the upgrading of the E&DR line, doubling the single line section beyond

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were eased. (At one time there had been thoughts of the NBR using a considerably expanded terminus on the line in alliance with the

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hours; the East Coast journey included the two transshipments, at the Tweed and the Tyne. and the cheaper steamship service between

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An Act for making a Railway from the City of Edinburgh to the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, with a Branch to the Town of Haddington.

4981: 4855: 4692: 4677: 4513: 4433: 4280: 4270: 4054: 3969: 3879: 3786: 3748: 3743: 3565: 3505: 1711: 1615: 1150: 799:) and the act of Parliament permitting the acquisition of the Carlisle minor railways received royal assent. On the same day the 711: 435: 327: 274: 158: 5067: 4950: 4745: 4642: 4265: 4260: 4137: 4064: 4029: 4019: 3994: 3908: 3806: 3680: 1631: 919:. Their main business was still mineral traffic, and although their operating costs were high, they made a comfortable profit. 772: 1559:, but this ambition was cut back. It joined the West Highland Railway at Spean Bridge station, and the line was worked by the 5164: 5143: 5118: 4905: 4830: 4805: 4712: 4473: 4325: 4059: 3959: 3862: 2433:

Roger Darsley and Dennis Lovett, St Boswells to Berwick via Duns: The Berwickshire Railway, Middleton Press, Midhurst, 2013,

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at Kilsyth, although the Caledonian Railway exploited it connection at the eastern end, which connected through to Larbert.

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as a train was crossing in high wind. The company survived the setback and opened a second Tay Bridge, followed soon by the

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in 1875 (for goods: passenger traffic started in 1876), that the North British had a willing English partner at Carlisle.

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K Hoole, A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: volume 4: The North East, David and Charles, Dawlish, 1965

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Taking advantage of the new light railway legislation, the remote community of Lauder gained its own branch line, the

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against the NBR and the issue was now taken to the House of Lords. The House of Lords referred the matter back to the

1459: 1374: 1193: 911:. The Monkland Railways had been formed in 1848 by the merging of several of the old "coal railways" operating around 3144: 4611: 1808:

On 4 January 1917, a light engine overran signals and was in a head-on collision with an express passenger train at

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opened for traffic on 22 July 1903. Promoted by local people it had obtained its authorising act of Parliament, the

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Thomas Kenworthy Rowbotham 1852–1866 (formerly Goods Manager at Liverpool to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway)

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For many years, the NBR had a monopoly of the increasing lucrative traffic on North Clydeside, but eventually the

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was open to the public. There were five trains daily, with an additional ten short journeys between Edinburgh and

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for the officer responsible to the Board for the production and maintenance of its locomotives, and only the

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On 14 April 1914, an express passenger train was in collision with a freight train that was being shunted at

1718:. (The rival Caledonian Railway and the Glasgow and South Western Railway were among the constituents of the 4976: 4780: 4755: 4438: 4330: 4250: 4200: 1604: 1600: 1167: 800: 768: 681: 4571: 296:(E&GR) in 1842 showed that a longer distance general purpose railway could be commercially successful. 4453: 1842: 1747: 1580: 1454:

When the North British Railway absorbed the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway in 1865, it acquired the former

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sold the hotel, which by then was called the Copthorne Hotel. It was later renamed the Millennium Hotel.

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since March 1848. The fastest trains between Edinburgh and London on both routes then took a little over

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George Dow, The First Railway Across the Border, published by the London and North Eastern Railway, 1946

2014:, although the two titles are recognised as being different names for the same role within the company. 1715: 1636: 1592: 1530: 1520: 1321: 1264:

On 18 August 1872, Parliamentary authorisation was given for the absorption by the NBR of the insolvent

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Early on, mineral traffic became dominant and brought in much more revenue than the passenger services.

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On 3 January 1898, an express passenger train collided with a freight train that was being shunted at

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This left a gap between the "Killearn" station and the Forth and Clyde line, and after some years the

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were ready. The NBR now—at last—had a first class line to Perth via Cowdenbeath, Kinross, and the new

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A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Volume 6, Scotland, the Lowlands and the Borders

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was authorised; it had been supported by Hodgson, who saw access to Newcastle independently of the

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the North Bridge, and the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway extended their line from their terminus at

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Nonetheless, the company successfully reached Carlisle, where it later made a partnership with the

3247: 1192:; its budget was to be £171,580 (equivalent to £20,740,000 in 2023), and it would include the 4920: 4915: 4795: 4740: 4735: 4697: 4606: 4528: 4285: 4127: 3984: 3723: 2487: 1845:, Glasgow. Its capital in 1921 was £67 million. Besides its railway, the company also operated 1783:

On 24 January 1912, at 14:15, shunter W Wylie was crushed between the train and the platform at

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took over. His task was formidable; no dividend was paid to ordinary shareholders for some time.

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The Caledonian Railway had been able to offer a through rail service without change of train via

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From July 1861, the Peebles Railway line was leased. In 1862, a greater prize was acquired: the

1107:. Passenger services on the latter did not start until 1867, in common with the opening of the 250:. It also linked from Edinburgh to Perth and Dundee, but for many years the journey involved a 4991: 4935: 4423: 4418: 4009: 3637: 3617: 3478: 3357: 3277: 3098: 3073: 3045: 3025: 3002: 2982: 2959: 2909: 2889: 2869: 2849: 2829: 2809: 2789: 2706: 2615: 2586: 2434: 2376: 2347: 2303: 2279: 2230: 2187: 2162: 2099: 1861:

and points west. The company also acquired a 49% stake in the road haulage firm Mutter Howey.

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In 1866, comparison with the Caledonian Railway showed that company to be in better shape:

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On 18 August 1872, Parliamentary authorisation was given for the absorption by the NBR of

1120: 935: 832: 576: 255: 247: 3326:"North British Station Hotel; Mitchell Library, Glasgow Collection, Postcards Collection" 4084: 2650: 4400: 4385: 2498: 1865: 1854: 1829: 1777: 1773: 1740: 1710:, on 1 January 1923 the North British Railway was one of the seven constituents of the 867: 827: 584: 528: 459: 391: 350: 198: 779:

line in the 1859 session. Hodgson had agreed a takeover arrangement with the moribund

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As well as the railways mentioned, the merger gave the North British a share of the

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James Calder 1918 – 1923 (afterwards General Manager of the LNER Scottish Region)

1714:(LNER), along with the Great Northern Railway, the North Eastern Railway, and the 1402: 1393:

the Caledonian Railway north from Kinnaber, and as yet there was no Forth Bridge.

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was opened, also worked by the NBR, and after a very lengthy gestation period the

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verbatim report occupied two and a half pages of the Glasgow Herald the next day.

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The company's headquarters were at 23 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh and its works at

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Early on, in 1848, the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway had opened a branch line to

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opened its line, to be worked by the NBR; this was followed in July 1856 by the

520: 512: 251: 170: 2494:"The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)" 1576: 1556: 916: 524: 1252:(for calculating the division) disproportionately depressed NBR net revenue. 886:, giving further access to mineral-bearing areas and to Charlestown Harbour. 402:

This had been a race against competing railways: the main competitor was the

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On 24 November 1904, a fire at North British Railways Company's terminus in

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opened in stages from 1873; both lines were worked by the NBR. In 1874 the

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crossing of the Forth and the Tay. Eventually the North British built the

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c. ccxl). At one time it had looked as if it might extend throughout the

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directly from the main line at Portobello and Wanton Walls respectively.

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untouched by railways, the decision was taken to build what became the

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in Queen Street (High Level) station, but simply ran through the city.

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The Industries of Scotland, their Rise, Progress and Present Condition

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was opened, encouraging residential travel in the developing suburbs.

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from 1903 and the North British Railway from 1907. The population of

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giving access to the important industrial area of Dumbarton, and the

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Amid the fireworks of railway management, in 1866 the new line from

894: 223: 3500: 2940:"The Caledonian And North British Railways – End of Negotiations". 1768:

On 12 May 1907, nine-year-old Walter Deas was crossing the line at

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which opened in 1874, in fact before the inauguration of the dock.

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Samuel L. Mason 1867–1874 (formerly of the Great Northern Railway)

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North British Station Hotel, Glasgow, renamed the Millennium Hotel

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The North British Railway was to reapply for powers to build the

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Edinburgh and Glasgow and Monkland Railways Amalgamation Act 1865

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Great North of England, Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway

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Early Railways of West Fife: An Industrial and Social Commentary

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The Forth Bridge – a joint undertaking; the NBR had a 35% share

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The triumph turned to disaster on 28 December 1879 when the

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East of Thornton Junction: The Story of the Fife Coast Line

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The line to Hawick was to use the route of the obsolescent

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On 10 August 1880, an express passenger train hauled by a

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After long deliberation about the huge area of country in

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and London still took the bulk of the passenger traffic.

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2,748 miles 26 chains (4,423.0 km) (1919)

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The Origins of the Scottish Railway System, 1722 – 1844

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Locomotive Superintendents (Chief mechanical engineers)

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c. xxiv), for the Carlisle Extension (now labelled the

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1,378 miles 3 chains (2,217.7 km) (1919)

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The Monkland and Kirkintilloch and Associated Railways

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The Border Union Line, which soon became known as the

2302:, Patrick Stephens Publishing, Wellingborough, 1990, 1317:

opened, also primarily intended for mineral working.

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Revenue sharing agreement with the Caledonian Railway

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History of rail transport in Great Britain 1923–1947

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from St Boswells on the Hawick line, opened in 1850.

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Scottish Railway Icons: Central Belt to the Borders

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The Vanished Railways of Old Western Dunbartonshire

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North British Railway (Finance and Bridge) Act 1856

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North British Railway (Finance and Bridge) Act 1856

692: 471: 466: 453: 442: 416: 362: 357: 344: 334: 308: 213: 205: 169: 164: 154: 131: 123: 113: 108: 4392:Independent lines worked by the Caledonian Railway 3440: 3412: 3384: 3170: 2744: 2401: 2246: 1310:Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway 882:. In the same year the North British absorbed the 771:. This was a speculative line from Hexham, on the 604:a short mineral branch to Tranent, opened in 1849; 4771:Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Company 2703:The Haddington, Macmerry and Gifford Branch Lines 1939:John Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch 1743:due to defective track. Three people were killed. 785:Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Company 287:History of the North British Railway (until 1855) 4704:Independent lines worked by the Highland Railway 1226:had opened in 1852 from a junction at Leuchars. 27:British pre-grouping railway company (1844–1922) 2888:, self published by Corstorphine, Leven, 1995, 2482: 2480: 2478: 2476: 2474: 2472: 2470: 2468: 2466: 2464: 2098:, John Donald Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh, 1983, 3468: 3466: 3464: 2248:"Opening of the North British Railway Company" 2184:An Illustrated History of Edinburgh's Railways 2161:, Stenlake Publishing Limited, Catrine, 2014, 2002:The North British Railway preferred the title 1880:In Glasgow, the former Queen's Hotel sited in 1787:. He succumbed to his injuries two days later. 789:Border Union (North British) Railways Act 1859 5175:London and North Eastern Railway constituents 4100: 3863: 3598: 3521: 2545: 2543: 2329: 2327: 1994:had no alternative but to leave the company. 1549:Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway Act 1896 1503:, nominally independent but sponsored by the 1179:mile and retained its share of the receipts. 659:Mineral traffic, in particular coal from the 618:, opened in 1849; Dunse was later spelt Duns; 575:, and construction of a new viaduct over the 8: 3194:Williamson, Kenneth G. (10 September 2018). 3120:"In pictures: Glasgow's heroic firefighters" 3072:. Redruth: Atlantic Books. pp. 30, 32. 2775:, Angus District Libraries and Museums, 1985 2577: 2575: 2573: 1754:. One person was killed and 21 were injured. 1190:North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway 940:General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway 890:1864 to 1866: a buoyant start, then disaster 82: 2956:The North British Railway in Northumberland 2725:, self published by W & E A Munro, 1985 2221: 2219: 2090: 2088: 847:the district. The NBR absorbed it in 1876. 5094:Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway 4866:Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge 4107: 4093: 4085: 3870: 3856: 3848: 3837:List of companies involved in the grouping 3528: 3514: 3506: 3276:. Penryn: Atlantic Books. pp. 18–19. 3179:. 28 November 1904. p. 4 – via 2973: 2971: 2429: 2427: 2425: 2217: 2215: 2213: 2211: 2209: 2207: 2205: 2203: 2201: 2199: 2178: 2176: 2174: 1456:Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway 922:On 4 July 1865, an act of Parliament, the 909:Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway 689: 413: 305: 97: 88: 4836:Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction 4030:Nottingham and Grantham Railway and Canal 3060: 3058: 2490:inflation figures are based on data from 2229:, David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 1984, 1243:Proposed amalgamation with the Caledonian 68:Learn how and when to remove this message 5205:British companies disestablished in 1923 5185:Railway companies disestablished in 1923 3777: 3016: 3014: 2058:Locomotives of the North British Railway 1583:. This was extended in 1866–1867 by the 951: 884:West of Fife Railway and Harbour Company 235:was a British railway company, based in 4776:Charlestown Railway and Harbour Company 3196:"Fatal Accident at Steele Road Station" 3145:"On the trail of Glasgow's fire heroes" 2601:Thomas, NBR volume 1, pages 217 and 218 2344:Edinburgh Waverley Station Through Time 2153: 2151: 2149: 2147: 2145: 2143: 2141: 2139: 2137: 2135: 2133: 2131: 2067: 1927:William Hay, 10th Marquess of Tweeddale 1776:. Deas was knocked down by an oncoming 5170:Pre-grouping British railway companies 5134:Rothesay and Ettrick Bay Light Railway 5063:Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint 5033:Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction 4826:Edinburgh, Loanhead and Roslin Railway 4464:Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction 3457:– via British Newspaper Archive. 3429:– via British Newspaper Archive. 3401:– via British Newspaper Archive. 3097:. Redruth: Atlantic Books. p. 9. 2761:– via British Newspaper Archive. 2674:Glasgow Daily Herald, 15 November 1866 2639:Thomas, NBR volume 1, pages 246 to 247 2630:Thomas, NBR volume 1, pages 116 to 118 2567:Thomas, NBR volume 1 pages 123 and 124 2418:– via British Newspaper Archive. 2263:– via British Newspaper Archive. 2129: 2127: 2125: 2123: 2121: 2119: 2117: 2115: 2113: 2111: 1501:Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway 1467:Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Railway 1333:September 1875 Shareholders' Meeting. 1277:Edinburgh, Loanhead and Roslin Railway 1158:Financial improvement and branch lines 807:. It was absorbed by the NBR in 1860. 781:Port Carlisle Dock and Railway Company 81: 5210:British companies established in 1844 5180:Railway companies established in 1844 4821:Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway 4352:Lines built by the Caledonian Railway 4115:Historical Scottish railway companies 3950:East and West Yorkshire Union Railway 3878:Constituent railway companies of the 3442:"New North British Railway Officials" 3222:"Forgotten pasts at Glasgow Queen St" 2806:The Anstruther and St Andrews Railway 2375:, Amberley Publishing, Stroud, 2012, 2346:, Amberley Publishing, Stroud, 2014, 2317: 2315: 2073: 2071: 1772:on the North British railway’s 1761:caused fatal injuries to firefighter 842:After two years of construction, the 7: 5017:Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness 4967:North British, Arbroath and Montrose 4494:Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr 4241:General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour 4045:Seaforth and Sefton Junction Railway 2958:, Merlin Books Ltd, Braunton, 1991, 2734:Newcastle Journal, 13 September 1867 2683:The Glasgow Herald, 22 December 1866 2449:Thomas, NBR volume 1, pages 37 to 43 2159:The North British Railway: A History 1785:Glasgow Queen Street railway station 1545:Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway 1486:Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway 1174:Through running by the North Eastern 52:Please help consolidate the article. 5099:Cromarty and Dingwall Light Railway 4731:Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick 4562:Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction 4291:Lochearnhead, St Fillans and Comrie 3356:. Amberley Publishing. p. 82. 3024:, The History Press, Stroud, 2010, 2276:The North British Railway: Volume 1 1790:On 9 July 1913, just after 9 am at 1720:London Midland and Scottish Railway 1624:Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway 1115:The North British under Kippendavie 1101:Monktonhall to Dalkeith via Smeaton 553:A takeover offer from George Hudson 5200:1923 disestablishments in Scotland 5073:Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint 4876:Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh 4035:Nottingham Joint Station Committee 3990:Humber Commercial Railway and Dock 3792:London, Brighton & South Coast 3414:"The North British Railway Crisis" 2826:The Leven and East of Fife Railway 2528:Caledonian Mercury: 18 August 1857 2225:John Thomas revised J S Paterson, 2186:, Irwell Press, Caernarfon, 1993, 1692:Kincardine and Dunfermline Railway 1337:Midland Railway access to Carlisle 1228:The Leven and East of Fife Railway 25: 4736:Anstruther and St Andrews Railway 4592:Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction 4216:Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie 4133:Glasgow and South Western Railway 3975:Gifford and Garvald Light Railway 3945:Colne Valley and Halstead Railway 3802:South Eastern and Chatham Railway 3797:London, Chatham and Dover Railway 3501:North British Railway Study Group 3220:Esbester, Mike (13 August 2018). 2868:, Stenlake Press, Catrine, 1998, 2549:Thomas, NBR volume 1 pages 97–100 1735:locomotive was derailed north of 1571:Branches around the Campsie Hills 1493:Glasgow City and District Railway 1125:Glasgow and South Western Railway 557:The English railway entrepreneur 5215:Early Scottish railway companies 5129:Perth, Almond Valley and Methven 4301:Perth, Almond Valley and Methven 4055:South Yorkshire Junction Railway 3970:Forth and Clyde Junction Railway 3880:London and North Eastern Railway 3118:Quinn, Bryan (7 November 2013). 2908:, The Oakwood Press, Usk, 1998, 2614:, Stenlake Publishing, Catrine, 2610:Alan W Brotchie and Harry Jack, 2519:Caledonian Mercury: 16 July 1856 2371:Roy Perkins and Iain Macintosh, 1985:William Fulton Jackson 1899–1918 1712:London and North Eastern Railway 1616:Forth and Clyde Junction Railway 1151:London and North Western Railway 712:Parliament of the United Kingdom 705: 436:Parliament of the United Kingdom 429: 328:Parliament of the United Kingdom 321: 275:London and North Eastern Railway 159:London and North Eastern Railway 34: 5190:1844 establishments in Scotland 4951:Newburgh and North Fife Railway 4911:Leadburn, Linton and Dolphinton 4658:Inverness and Aberdeen Junction 4484:Girvan and Portpatrick Junction 4336:Symington, Biggar and Broughton 4138:Great North of Scotland Railway 4065:West Riding and Grimsby Railway 4020:Newburgh and North Fife Railway 3995:Kilsyth and Bonnybridge railway 3909:Great North of Scotland Railway 2705:, Oakwood Press, Oxford, 1994, 2373:The Waverley Route Through Time 2182:W A C Smith and Paul Anderson, 1673:Railway and Canal Commissioners 1632:Kilsyth and Bonnybridge railway 1345:was opened, at last giving the 755:In April 1856, the independent 5144:Tranent to Cockenzie Waggonway 5119:Lealt Valley Diatomite Railway 4921:Leven and East of Fife Railway 4906:Kirkcaldy and District Railway 4881:Glasgow and Milngavie Junction 4713:Wick and Lybster Light Railway 4489:Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle 4276:Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire 4060:Stamford and Essendine Railway 3960:Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway 3577:London, Midland & Scottish 3350:Hogg, C.; Patrick, L. (2015). 3252:Railway Work, Life & Death 3246:Esbester, Mike (9 July 2018). 3226:Railway Work, Life & Death 3200:Railway Work, Life & Death 2692:Thomas, NBR volume 1, page 138 2079:The Railway Year Book for 1920 1354:Crossing the Tay and the Forth 1266:Northumberland Central Railway 864:Edinburgh and Northern Railway 817:Newcastle and Carlisle Railway 773:Newcastle and Carlisle Railway 757:Selkirk and Galashiels Railway 497:Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway 418:North British Railway Act 1845 386:North British Railway Act 1844 18:North British Railway Act 1844 1: 4997:Slamannan and Borrowstounness 4663:Inverness and Aviemore Direct 4567:Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla 4296:Paisley and Barrhead District 4256:Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock 4231:Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen 4221:Dunblane, Doune and Callander 2848:, Melven Press, Perth, 1980, 2665:Thomas, NBR volume 1 page 135 2537:Thomas, volume 1, pages 88–96 1967:Charles F. Davidson 1844–1852 1203:, a branch line at Markinch. 1121:City of Glasgow Union Railway 936:City of Glasgow Union Railway 294:Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway 227:North British Railway in 1922 5195:Companies based in Edinburgh 5114:Invergarry and Fort Augustus 5058:Glasgow and Renfrew District 5012:West of Fife Mineral Railway 5002:Wemyss and Buckhaven Railway 4886:Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank 4673:Inverness and Perth Junction 4005:London and Blackwall Railway 2981:, Oakwood Press, Usk, 2005, 2828:, Oakwood Press, Usk, 2013, 2808:, Oakwood Press, Usk, 2009, 2788:, Oakwood Press, Usk, 2008, 2583:Forgotten Railways: Scotland 2458:Thomas, NBR volume 1 page 43 2391:Thomas, NBR volume 1 page 41 2333:Thomas, NBR volume 1 page 48 1237:Wemyss and Buckhaven Railway 1213:West of Fife Mineral Railway 977:Length of line (track miles) 5089:Brechin and Edzell District 4987:Strathendrick and Aberfoyle 4791:Dunfermline and Queensferry 4633:Buckie and Portessie Branch 4469:Castle Douglas and Dumfries 4211:Crieff and Methven Junction 4076:(Full list of constituents) 4040:Nottingham Suburban Railway 4025:North Lindsey Light Railway 3734:Glasgow & South Western 3475:The North British Atlantics 2753:. Scotland. 23 January 1868 2723:Lost Railways of Midlothian 1932:Sir William Laird 1899–1901 1805:due to a signalman's error. 1770:Steele Road Railway station 1375:Dundee and Arbroath Railway 1328:More financial difficulties 1194:Montrose and Bervie Railway 5231: 4931:Monkland and Kirkintilloch 4683:Kyle of Lochalsh Extension 4050:Sheffield District Railway 3787:London & South Western 3749:London & North Western 3744:Lancashire & Yorkshire 3566:London & North Eastern 3419:Aberdeen Press and Journal 2906:The Wemyss Private Railway 2055: 1780:. His injuries were fatal. 1579:from near the present-day 1518: 1395: 1357: 1305:and the Penicuik Railway. 1196:which had opened in 1865. 687:United Kingdom legislation 611:from Drem, opened in 1850; 411:United Kingdom legislation 310:North British Railway 1844 303:United Kingdom legislation 284: 5053:Glasgow and Paisley Joint 4871:Glasgow City and District 4474:Dalry and North Johnstone 4444:Ayrshire and Wigtownshire 4321:Scottish Midland Junction 4311:Rutherglen and Coatbridge 4281:Leadhills and Wanlockhead 4073: 4015:Mid-Suffolk Light Railway 3955:East Lincolnshire Railway 3940:Brackenhill Light Railway 3914:Hull and Barnsley Railway 3824: 3545: 3540:British railway companies 3274:Trains in Trouble: Vol. 7 3181:British Newspaper Archive 3095:Trains in Trouble: Vol. 2 3070:Trains in Trouble: Vol. 4 3042:The West Highland Railway 2012:Chief Mechanical Engineer 2008:Locomotive Superintendent 2004:Locomotive Superintendent 1914:Richard Hodgson 1855–1866 1706:After the passing of the 1682:, opened on 2 July 1901. 1301:was absorbed, as was the 704: 699: 428: 423: 320: 315: 96: 87: 5109:Hagdale Chromate Railway 4982:Stirling and Dunfermline 4856:Forth and Clyde Junction 4851:Fife and Kinross Railway 4693:Sutherland and Caithness 4678:Inverness and Ross-shire 4434:Ayr and Maybole Junction 4361:CR Cleland and Midcalder 4271:Lanarkshire and Ayrshire 3449:. Scotland. 4 April 1918 3421:. Scotland. 24 June 1899 3393:. England. 6 August 1891 3248:"Dying to save her life" 3177:Dundee Evening Telegraph 3172:"Fireman Fatally Burned" 3093:Trevena, Arthur (1981). 2255:. Scotland. 23 June 1846 1982:John Conacher 1891 −1899 1908:John Learmonth 1844-1852 1887:British Transport Hotels 1792:Saughton railway station 1698:Grouping of the railways 1343:Settle and Carlisle line 1308:On 1 November 1877, the 1054:passenger rated vehicles 966:Authorised share capital 876:Fife and Kinross Railway 837:Settle and Carlisle line 810:The construction of the 503:Opening of the main line 47:too many section headers 5068:Kilsyth and Bonnybridge 4977:The St. Andrews Railway 4756:Border Counties Railway 4746:Bathgate and Coatbridge 4424:Ardrossan and Johnstone 4266:Hamilton and Strathaven 4261:Greenock and Wemyss Bay 4251:Glasgow Central Railway 3681:Great North of Scotland 3272:Earnshaw, Alan (1991). 2649:Bremner, David (1869). 2492:Clark, Gregory (2017). 2410:. England. 17 July 1847 2403:"North British Railway" 2300:Rails Across the Border 1917:John Stirling 1866–1882 1911:James Balfour 1852-1855 1726:Accidents and incidents 1341:In September 1875, the 1294:was vested in the NBR. 1290:On 1 January 1875, the 1275:opened in 1872 and the 1021:Passenger train mileage 801:Border Counties Railway 769:Border Counties Railway 103:1920 map of the railway 4831:Edinburgh and Northern 4806:Edinburgh and Dalkeith 4801:Edinburgh and Bathgate 4612:St Combs Light Railway 4454:Bridge of Weir Railway 4381:CR Hamiltonhill Branch 4326:Scottish North Eastern 3904:Great Northern Railway 3324:Graham, Scott (2004). 2884:James K Corstorphine, 2786:The St Andrews Railway 1962: 1935:G.B. Wieland 1901–1905 1877: 1833: 1652: 1651:The NBR system in 1922 1421:Great Northern Railway 1407: 1369: 1315:North Monkland Railway 1137: 1089: 899: 898:The NBR system in 1865 228: 5165:North British Railway 5124:Lochaber Narrow Gauge 5048:Darvel and Strathaven 5007:West Highland Railway 4901:Kinross-shire Railway 4891:Kelvin Valley Railway 4811:Edinburgh and Glasgow 4708:Dornoch Light Railway 4587:Formartine and Buchan 4499:Greenock and Ayrshire 4429:Ayr and Dalmellington 4148:North British Railway 3924:North Eastern Railway 3919:North British Railway 3899:Great Eastern Railway 3894:Great Central Railway 3887:Constituent companies 3807:South Eastern Railway 3477:. David and Charles. 3473:Thomas, John (1972). 2844:William Scott Bruce, 2274:Thomas, John (1969). 1976:John Walker 1874–1891 1960: 1875: 1823: 1733:North Eastern Railway 1716:Great Central Railway 1650: 1637:Kelvin Valley Railway 1593:Kelvin Valley Railway 1531:West Highland Railway 1521:West Highland Railway 1515:West Highland Railway 1417:North Eastern Railway 1405: 1367: 1322:Kelvin Valley Railway 1168:Coatbridge to Glasgow 1132: 1084: 1010:goods & livestock 958:North British Railway 897: 880:Kinross-shire Railway 805:North Eastern Railway 667:The fall of Learmonth 535:The Edinburgh station 233:North British Railway 226: 83:North British Railway 4962:North Berwick Branch 4816:Edinburgh and Hawick 4796:East of Fife Railway 4786:Devon Valley Railway 4761:Border Union Railway 4547:Aberdeen and Turriff 4504:Kilmarnock and Troon 4246:Garnkirk and Glasgow 4000:Lauder Light Railway 3933:Subsidiary companies 2866:Fife's Lost Railways 2846:The Railways of Fife 1680:Lauder Light Railway 1630:On 2 July 1888, the 1585:Blane Valley Railway 1303:Berwickshire Railway 1292:Devon Valley Railway 1105:Blane Valley Railway 844:Berwickshire Railway 812:Border Union Railway 797:Border Union Railway 751:Lines in the Borders 609:North Berwick branch 258:, but the structure 5139:Skye Marble Railway 5104:Dundee and Arbroath 5043:Dundee and Arbroath 4941:Montrose and Bervie 4861:Gifford and Garvald 4668:Inverness and Nairn 4524:Paisley and Renfrew 4346:Wishaw and Coltness 4196:Clydesdale Junction 4181:Arbroath and Forfar 3759:North Staffordshire 3686:Hull & Barnsley 3536:The "Big Four" pre- 3391:Western Daily Press 2864:Gordon Stansfield, 2773:Railways of Brechin 2701:Andrew M Hajducki, 1866:North British Hotel 1837:Business activities 1830:North British Hotel 1591:. In 1877–1879 the 1103:opened, as did the 1032:Goods train mileage 961:Caledonian Railway 84: 4698:Sutherland Railway 4643:Duke of Sutherland 4617:Strathspey Railway 4597:Keith and Dufftown 4552:Aboyne and Braemar 4529:Paisley Canal Line 4519:Maybole and Girvan 4514:Maidens and Dunure 4410:Glasgow and South 4396:Callander and Oban 4376:CR Hamilton Branch 4286:Lesmahagow Railway 4236:Forfar and Brechin 4128:Caledonian Railway 3985:Horncastle Railway 3386:"Commercial Notes" 3151:. 12 February 2013 2944:. 2 February 1872. 2929:. 2 December 1871. 2488:Retail Price Index 1963: 1878: 1834: 1824:Waverley Station, 1737:Berwick upon Tweed 1653: 1587:to a station near 1505:Caledonian Railway 1408: 1370: 1224:St Andrews Railway 1201:the Leslie Railway 999:of which passenger 900: 851:Acquisitions again 404:Caledonian Railway 241:Caledonian Railway 229: 132:Dates of operation 5152: 5151: 4946:Mallaig Extension 4936:Monkland Railways 4781:Coatbridge Branch 4688:Perth and Dunkeld 4638:Dingwall and Skye 4419:Ardrossan Railway 4386:CR The Switchback 4371:CR Douglas Branch 4206:Crieff and Comrie 4191:Cathcart District 4121:Primary companies 4082: 4081: 4010:Mansfield Railway 3845: 3844: 3363:978-1-4456-2115-9 3296:Harmsworth (1921) 3030:978-0-7509-5096-1 2834:978 0 85361 728 0 2814:978 0 85361 687 0 2794:978 0 85361 673 3 2721:W and E A Munro, 2439:978 1 908174 44 4 2408:Newcastle Journal 2352:978 1 445 622 163 2342:Michael Meighan, 2167:978 1 84033 647 4 2094:C J A Robertson, 1979:G.B. Wieland 1891 1921:Sir James Falshaw 1708:Railways Act 1921 1665:Race to the North 1627:Railway in 1865. 1553:59 & 60 Vict. 1482:Whiteinch Railway 1474:Stobcross Railway 1419:(18.75%) and the 1285:Stobcross Railway 1281:Whiteinch Railway 1183:North to Aberdeen 1109:Esk Valle Railway 1075: 1074: 928:28 & 29 Vict. 905:Monkland Railways 793:22 & 23 Vict. 744:19 & 20 Vict. 731: 730: 725:19 & 20 Vict. 700:Act of Parliament 616:Dunse branch line 481: 480: 424:Act of Parliament 378:with a branch to 372: 371: 316:Act of Parliament 221: 220: 78: 77: 70: 16:(Redirected from 5222: 4846:Eyemouth Railway 4648:Findhorn Railway 4626:Highland Railway 4540:Scotland Railway 4439:Ayr to Mauchline 4316:Scottish Central 4306:Polloc and Govan 4226:Dundee and Perth 4166:Aberdeen Railway 4143:Highland Railway 4109: 4102: 4095: 4086: 3872: 3865: 3858: 3849: 3779: 3716: 3658: 3600: 3590: 3585: 3579: 3574: 3568: 3563: 3557: 3552: 3530: 3523: 3516: 3507: 3489: 3488: 3470: 3459: 3458: 3456: 3454: 3444: 3437: 3431: 3430: 3428: 3426: 3416: 3409: 3403: 3402: 3400: 3398: 3388: 3381: 3375: 3374: 3372: 3370: 3347: 3341: 3340: 3338: 3336: 3321: 3315: 3312: 3306: 3303: 3297: 3294: 3288: 3287: 3269: 3263: 3262: 3260: 3258: 3243: 3237: 3236: 3234: 3232: 3217: 3211: 3210: 3208: 3206: 3191: 3185: 3184: 3174: 3167: 3161: 3160: 3158: 3156: 3141: 3135: 3134: 3132: 3130: 3115: 3109: 3108: 3090: 3084: 3083: 3062: 3053: 3038: 3032: 3018: 3009: 2995: 2989: 2979:Peebles Railways 2977:Peter Marshall, 2975: 2966: 2952: 2946: 2945: 2937: 2931: 2930: 2922: 2916: 2902: 2896: 2882: 2876: 2862: 2856: 2842: 2836: 2822: 2816: 2802: 2796: 2782: 2776: 2769: 2763: 2762: 2760: 2758: 2748: 2741: 2735: 2732: 2726: 2719: 2713: 2699: 2693: 2690: 2684: 2681: 2675: 2672: 2666: 2663: 2657: 2656: 2646: 2640: 2637: 2631: 2628: 2622: 2608: 2602: 2599: 2593: 2579: 2568: 2565: 2559: 2556: 2550: 2547: 2538: 2535: 2529: 2526: 2520: 2517: 2511: 2510: 2508: 2506: 2484: 2459: 2456: 2450: 2447: 2441: 2431: 2420: 2419: 2417: 2415: 2405: 2398: 2392: 2389: 2383: 2369: 2363: 2360: 2354: 2340: 2334: 2331: 2322: 2319: 2310: 2296: 2290: 2289: 2271: 2265: 2264: 2262: 2260: 2250: 2243: 2237: 2223: 2194: 2180: 2169: 2155: 2106: 2092: 2083: 2082: 2075: 1953:General Managers 1945:William Whitelaw 1897:Senior officials 1889:until 1984 when 1614:the independent 1595:was opened from 1561:Highland Railway 1436:lines in Kinross 1382:bridge collapsed 1273:Penicuik Railway 988:Traffic receipts 952: 761:Jedburgh Railway 740: 739: 709: 708: 695: 690: 651: 650: 646: 643: 547:Waverley station 433: 432: 419: 414: 388: 387: 376:Berwick-on-Tweed 325: 324: 311: 306: 201: 195: 191: 189: 188: 184: 181: 150: 148: 142: 140: 101: 92: 85: 73: 66: 62: 59: 53: 38: 37: 30: 21: 5230: 5229: 5225: 5224: 5223: 5221: 5220: 5219: 5155: 5154: 5153: 5148: 5077: 5021: 4972:Peebles Railway 4957:Newport Railway 4953:(worked by NBR) 4926:Macmerry Branch 4896:Kincardine Line 4723: 4717: 4653:Fortrose Branch 4621: 4539: 4538:Great North of 4533: 4449:Barrhead Branch 4412:Western Railway 4411: 4405: 4331:Solway Junction 4201:Crieff Junction 4158: 4152: 4116: 4113: 4083: 4078: 4069: 3965:Forcett Railway 3928: 3882: 3876: 3846: 3841: 3820: 3772: 3709: 3651: 3608:Alexandra Docks 3593: 3583: 3582: 3572: 3571: 3561: 3560: 3550: 3549: 3541: 3538:nationalisation 3534: 3497: 3492: 3485: 3472: 3471: 3462: 3452: 3450: 3447:Dundee Courierl 3439: 3438: 3434: 3424: 3422: 3411: 3410: 3406: 3396: 3394: 3383: 3382: 3378: 3368: 3366: 3364: 3349: 3348: 3344: 3334: 3332: 3330:TheGlasgowStory 3323: 3322: 3318: 3313: 3309: 3304: 3300: 3295: 3291: 3284: 3271: 3270: 3266: 3256: 3254: 3245: 3244: 3240: 3230: 3228: 3219: 3218: 3214: 3204: 3202: 3193: 3192: 3188: 3169: 3168: 3164: 3154: 3152: 3143: 3142: 3138: 3128: 3126: 3117: 3116: 3112: 3105: 3092: 3091: 3087: 3080: 3064: 3063: 3056: 3039: 3035: 3020:Stewart Noble, 3019: 3012: 2996: 2992: 2976: 2969: 2953: 2949: 2939: 2938: 2934: 2924: 2923: 2919: 2903: 2899: 2883: 2879: 2863: 2859: 2843: 2839: 2823: 2819: 2803: 2799: 2783: 2779: 2770: 2766: 2756: 2754: 2743: 2742: 2738: 2733: 2729: 2720: 2716: 2700: 2696: 2691: 2687: 2682: 2678: 2673: 2669: 2664: 2660: 2648: 2647: 2643: 2638: 2634: 2629: 2625: 2609: 2605: 2600: 2596: 2580: 2571: 2566: 2562: 2557: 2553: 2548: 2541: 2536: 2532: 2527: 2523: 2518: 2514: 2504: 2502: 2491: 2485: 2462: 2457: 2453: 2448: 2444: 2432: 2423: 2413: 2411: 2400: 2399: 2395: 2390: 2386: 2370: 2366: 2361: 2357: 2341: 2337: 2332: 2325: 2320: 2313: 2297: 2293: 2286: 2273: 2272: 2268: 2258: 2256: 2245: 2244: 2240: 2224: 2197: 2181: 2172: 2156: 2109: 2093: 2086: 2077: 2076: 2069: 2065: 2060: 2054: 2049: 2044:Walter Chalmers 2038:William P. Reid 2026:Dugald Drummond 2020:Thomas Wheatley 2000: 1991: 1955: 1950: 1904: 1899: 1839: 1728: 1700: 1645: 1573: 1523: 1517: 1491:Meanwhile, the 1452: 1450:North Clydeside 1413:Midland Railway 1400: 1362: 1360:Tay Rail Bridge 1356: 1347:Midland Railway 1339: 1330: 1299:Peebles Railway 1262: 1245: 1209: 1185: 1176: 1160: 1142: 1117: 892: 853: 833:Midland Railway 753: 737: 736: 714: 706: 693: 688: 682:Richard Hodgson 669: 648: 644: 641: 639: 632: 623:branch to Kelso 593: 587:, was on hold. 579:and Dalhousie. 577:River South Esk 568: 566:The Hawick line 555: 537: 505: 460:8 & 9 Vict. 438: 430: 417: 412: 400: 392:7 & 8 Vict. 385: 384: 351:7 & 8 Vict. 330: 322: 309: 304: 289: 283: 248:Midland Railway 197: 193: 186: 182: 179: 177: 176:4 ft 175: 146: 144: 138: 136: 104: 74: 63: 57: 54: 51: 39: 35: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 5228: 5226: 5218: 5217: 5212: 5207: 5202: 5197: 5192: 5187: 5182: 5177: 5172: 5167: 5157: 5156: 5150: 5149: 5147: 5146: 5141: 5136: 5131: 5126: 5121: 5116: 5111: 5106: 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