North British Railway

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, renamed the Balmoral Hotel in the 1980s, though the old name is still shown in the stonework.

The North British was a partner (with the North Eastern Railway and the Great Northern Railway) in the East Coast Joint Stock operation.

[edit] Component companies

During its existence the NBR absorbed the following companies:

The "Big Four" pre-nationalisation British railway companies v • d • e</div>
Great Western • London Midland & Scottish • London & North Eastern • Southern
GWR constituents: Great Western Railway • Cambrian Railways • Taff Vale Railway Barry Railway • Rhymney Railway • (full list) LNER constituents: Great Central • Great Eastern • Great Northern • Great North of Scotland Hull & Barnsley • North British • North Eastern • (Full list) LMS constituents: Caledonian • Furness • Lancashire & Yorkshire • Glasgow & South Western London and North Western • Midland • North Staffordshire • (Full list) SR constituents: London and South Western Railway • London, Brighton and South Coast Railway South Eastern Railway • London, Chatham and Dover Railway • (Full list)
See also: History of rail transport in Great Britain 1923 - 1947 • List of companies involved in the grouping