LNER

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:railway_company
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:London_and_North_Eastern_Railway
gptkbp:category gptkb:Big_Four_(British_railway_companies)
gptkbp:ceased_operations 1948
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:founded 1923
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:London_and_North_Eastern_Railway
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:London
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label LNER
gptkbp:industry gptkb:rail_transport
gptkbp:logo gptkb:LNER_roundel
gptkbp:mergedInto several pre-grouping railways
gptkbp:notableEvent Mallard set world speed record for steam locomotives in 1938
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Flying_Scotsman
gptkb:The_Coronation
gptkb:The_Silver_Jubilee
gptkbp:notableModel gptkb:Sir_Nigel_Gresley
gptkbp:notableStation gptkb:Aberdeen
gptkb:Cambridge
gptkb:Hull
gptkb:Leeds
gptkb:Peterborough
gptkb:York
gptkb:Grantham
gptkb:Newcastle
gptkb:Doncaster
gptkb:Darlington
gptkb:Inverness
gptkb:Mallard
gptkb:Norwich
gptkb:Berwick-upon-Tweed
gptkb:Flying_Scotsman
gptkb:Edinburgh_Waverley
King's Cross
gptkbp:operates freight trains
passenger trains
gptkbp:operatesRoute gptkb:East_Coast_Main_Line
gptkb:Great_Eastern_Main_Line
gptkb:West_Highland_Line
gptkbp:parentCompany gptkb:British_government_(after_1948_nationalisation)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Great_Eastern_Railway
gptkb:Great_Northern_Railway
gptkb:Great_Central_Railway
gptkb:North_Eastern_Railway
gptkbp:regionServed gptkb:East_Anglia
gptkb:London
gptkb:Scotland
gptkb:Yorkshire
North East England
gptkbp:successor gptkb:British_Railways
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Flying_Scotsman
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5