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CONSTITUENT PARTS OF THE NER


''1854''





PRINCIPAL STATIONS


  • York Station ( York ) was the hub of the system, and the headquarters of the line was located here. The basis for the present station was opened on June 25 1877. Until the advent of modern signalling, the 295-lever box was the largest manually-worked signal box in Britain.



Other principal stations were located at Sunderland , Darlington and Hull . The station at Leeds was a joint undertaking with the London And North Western Railway .


ELECTRIFIED LINES


The NER was the first main line rail company in Britain to adopt electric traction (the Lancashire And Yorkshire Railway followed about one week later). The lines converted were:



TRAFFIC


The NER carried a larger tonnage of mineral and coal traffic than any other principal railway.


DOCKS


The company owned the following docks:

  • Hull Docks: acquired 1893. Dealt with a large variety of cargoes, including grain, seed and fruit

  • Hartlepool Docks: acquired 1865. A large timber trade

  • Tyne Dock: opened by NER in 1859. Timber and coal exports

  • Middlesbrough Dock: Opened in 1842. Iron and steel exports; and a world-wide trade in other goods.

  • The NER also owned coal-shipping Staithes at Blyth and Dunston-on-Tyne .



LOCOMOTIVES

See NER 1001 Class


REFERENCES USED


  • The Railway Year Book for 1912 (Railway Publishing Company)

  • British Railway Electrics (Ian Allen, 1960 edition)

  • The Railway Magazine February & March 1923 editions