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The London and North Eastern Railway or LNER was the second-largest of the "Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain. It existed from 1st January 1923 until nationalisation in 1st January 1948. It formed the new British Railways' Eastern Region, North Eastern Region and partially the Scottish Region.1 Formation
The LNER was formed out of a number of constituent railway companies:
These were of varying size and fortune, the North Eastern Railway being probably the wealthiest.
2 Geographic Area
The LNER, as its name suggests, covered the arc of the country between North and East of London. It encompassed the East Coast Main Line from London to EdinburghArthur's Seat. See also for a panoramic view from Holyrood Park towards Ocean Terminal. Edinburgh (pronounced ED-in-burra ( SAMPA: ["Ed@n%b@r@])), Dun Eideann in Scottish Gaelic, is a major and historic city on the east coast of Scotland on the south shor via YorkThis article is about the English city. For other meanings, see York (disambiguation). York is a city in the north of England built at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss. In 1991 the city had a population of 123,126. Its geographic coordinates are and Newcastle upon TyneNewcastle upon Tyne often called just Newcastle is a city in North East England in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear. The City has a relatively small population of around 259,000 ( 2001 census). However, the Metropolitan Boroughs of North Tyneside, as well as the routes from Edinburgh to Aberdeen and InvernessThis article is about the city of Inverness in Scotland. For other places of the same name, see Inverness (disambiguation). Inverness Lieutenancy Site of city shown in red Inverness is the only city in the Scottish Highlands. It lies at the mouth of the R. Most of the country east of the PenninesThe Pennines are a mountain range in England. Often said to be the "backbone of England", they form an unbroken range stretching from the Peak District in the Midlands, through the Yorkshire Dales and Cumbrian Fells to the Cheviot Hills on the Scottish bo was the LNER's purview, including the large, flat expanse of East AngliaNorfolk and Suffolk, the core area of East Anglia. Cambridgeshire is to the west and Essex to the south. East Anglia is a region of eastern England. It has no official status, and the boundaries of East Anglia are undefined. It includes the counties of No. The LNER's main workshops were in DoncasterThis article is about the town of Doncaster in England. See also Doncaster, Victoria for the suburb of Melbourne, Australia. Doncaster is a town in South Yorkshire, England. It is popularly known to its residents as Donny . It is the main settlement in th.
3 Paint and livery
The LNER used a number of paint colors on its trains. Most common, though, were lined apple green on its passenger locomotives (much lighter and brighter than the green used by the Great Western Railway) and unlined black on freight locomotives, both with gold lettering. Passenger carriages were often left in a varnished wood finish; often, teak veneer was used.
Some special trains and their A4 Pacific locomotives were painted otherwise, including silver and blue.
