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The Waverley Route
The Waverley Route was a railway line that ran south from Edinburgh, through Midlothian and the Scottish Borders, to Carlisle. The line was built by the North British Railway; the stretch from Edinburgh to Hawick opened in 1849 and the remainder to Carlisle opened in 1862. The line was nicknamed after the immensely popular Waverley Novels, written by Sir Walter Scott. The line was closed in 1969, as a result of the Beeching Report. Part of the line, from Edinburgh to Tweedbank, reopened in September 2015. The reopened railway is known as the Borders Railway. History Origins Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway The North British Railway (NBR) was established on 4 July 1844 when Parliamentary authorisation was given for the construction of a line from Edinburgh to Berwick-upon-Tweed with a branch to Haddington. The company's chairman and founder was John Learmonth, the chairman of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, whose ambition it was to enclose the triangle of land betwee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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NBR may refer to: In rail: * New Brunswick Railway, a former Canadian railway company absorbed by the Canadian Pacific Railway * North Bay Railway, a light-railway system for tourists in Scarborough, North Yorkshire * North British Railway (1844–1923), a former Scottish railway company absorbed by London and North Eastern Railway In media: * National Board of Review, an American film review organization * ''National Business Review'', a weekly New Zealand newspaper aimed at the business sector * ''Nightly Business Report'', an American business and economic television news program In other uses: * Nabors Industries (NYSE symbol), an oil, natural gas and geothermal drilling contractor * National Bison Range, a National Wildlife Refuge, Montana, United States * National Buildings Record (1940–1963), an archive of historic building information in England * National Board of Revenue is the central authority for tax administration in Bangladesh * National Bureau of Asian Research, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
