16/06/1912 | London and North Eastern Railway Imperial Airways Race between Imperial Airways biplane The City of Glasgow and the Flying Scotsman won by the airplane. |
/ /1921 | Queen Alexandra Bridge Falls out of use by the London and North Eastern Railway. Remains open for road traffic and later the railway deck would be removed. |
19/08/1921 | Railways Act Act passed to create London, Midland and Scottish Railway, London and North Eastern Railway, Great Western Railway and Southern Railway by grouping smaller companies into bigger units. This was due to financial problems the railway companies were having in the aftermath of the First World War. |
01/01/1923 | North British Railway
Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway
Great North of Scotland Railway
Forth and Clyde Junction Railway
Kilsyth and Bonnybridge Railway
Gifford and Garvald Railway
Newburgh and North Fife Railway
Lauder Light Railway
Great Central Railway Grouped into London and North Eastern Railway. |
01/01/1923 | Dundee and Arbroath Joint Railway
Dumbarton and Balloch Joint Railway (Caledonian Railway, Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway and North British Railway Joint) Both the Dundee and Arbroath Joint Railway and Dumbarton and Balloch Joint Line become jointly owned by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and the London and North Eastern Railway. |
01/01/1923 | Great North of England, Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway Merged into the London and North Eastern Railway. Previously leased by the North Eastern Railway. |
/ /1924 | Londonderry Railway London and North Eastern Railway approaches Lord Seaham to close Hall Dene station. This is agreed if Seaham Colliery station be renamed Seaham and Marlborough Street station be renamed Seaham Harbour. |
/ /1929 | Scottish Motor Traction Group The London, Midland and Scottish Railway and London and North Eastern Railway jointly buy a controlling interest of the bus group. |
/ /1934 | Railway Air Services London Midland and Scottish Railway London and North Eastern Railway Great Western Railway Southern Railway Imperial Airways Railway Air Services formed by the LMS, LNER, GWR, SR and Imperial Airways. Airport opened at Renfrew |
02/10/1946 | London and North Eastern Railway PS Waverley [IV] launched at A & J Inglis^s Pointhouse Shipbuilding Yard. Named by Lady Matthews, wife of the Chairman of the LNER. |
/ /1947 | London and North Eastern Railway PS Waverley [IV], PS Jeanie Deans [II] , PS Lucy Ashton and PS Talisman transferred from the London and North Eastern Railway to the British Transport Commission. |
16/06/1947 | London and North Eastern Railway PS Waverley [IV]^s maiden voyage. Based at Craigendoran Pier she operated to Lochgoilhead Pier on Loch Goil and Arrochar Pier on Loch Long. |
/ /1948 | PS Waverley [IV] Repainted from London and North Eastern Railway colours into British Transport Commission colours. |
01/01/1948 | British Railways
Forth Bridge Railway
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
London and North Eastern Railway
Great Western Railway
Southern Railway Britains railways are nationalised. |