Everything about The Great North Of Scotland Railway totally explained
The
Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR/GNoSR) was one of the smaller
British railways before the
grouping, operating in the far north-east of Scotland. It was formed in 1845 and received its
Parliamentary approval on
June 26 1846, following over two years of local meetings. In 1923 it was absorbed into the
London and North Eastern Railway as its Northern Scottish area.
Extent
The GNSR's eventual area encompassed the three
Scottish counties of
Aberdeenshire,
Banff and
Moray, with short lengths of line in Inverness-shire and Kincardineshire. The railway operated its main line between
Aberdeen Waterloo and
Keith. Although the line had several branches, its remoteness, and the fact that it served an area far removed from the rest of Britain, has resulted in only its main line remaining today.
There were connections westward with the
Highland Railway at Boat of Garten, Elgin, Keith and Portessie and southward with the
Caledonian Railway and
North British Railway at
Aberdeen, where the three shared a station.
The headquarters were at 89 Guild Street in
Aberdeen. In 1921 the railway comprised 334 miles of line and the company’s capital was £7 million.
The company also owned
hotels in some of the towns and
resorts served by its stations. In the early 20th century it also developed a network of feeder bus services.
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