[ritchiebaby]

It is true - the North British Railway was a Scottish company based in Edinburgh and it's funding chairman was John Learmonth from Edinburgh. It had nothing to do with the British Government.

Learmonth wanted to fund railways in the Central Belt and the Scottish Borders to link with the English railway lines at Berwick and Carlisle. They also laid lines in the North of England to connect Carlisle and Newcastle. The company also built both Tay Bridges and the Forth Bridge. It became part of LNER in 1923 and the hotel name was changed in 1991 after extensive refurbishment.