Ports owned by the LNER

The following ports or port facilities were owned or operated by the LNER:

PORT	Previous Owner	Successors
CRAIGENDORAN PIER	North British Railway	1948 B.T.C.
TAYPORT	North British Railway	1948 B.T.C. 1963 British Transport Docks Board Sold to private owners 28/12/1964
PETTYCUR	North British Railway	1948 B.T.C. Sold to adjacent landowner
METHIL	North British Railway (from 1889)	1948 B.T.C. 1963 British Transport Docks Board 1968 Forth Ports Authority
BURNTISLAND	North British Railway (from 1922)	1948 B.T.C. 1963 British Transport Docks Board 1968 Forth Ports Authority
CHARLESTOWN	North British Railway	(leased to Alloa Shipbreaking Company, later Metal Industries Ltd from March 1923) 1948 B.T.C. 1963 British Transport Docks Board Sold to private owners during 1964
NORTH ALLOA	North British Railway (operated under aegis of the town council)	1948 B.T.C. 1963 British Transport Docks Board 1968 Forth Ports Authority
BO'NESS	North British Railway	1948 B.T.C. 1963 British Transport Docks Board 1968 Forth Ports Authority
SILLOTH	North British Railway	1948 B.T.C. 1963 British Transport Docks Board 1983 Associated British Ports

BLYTH (SOUTH COAL STAITHES)	North Eastern Railway	1948 B.T.C 1963 British Railways Board
DUNSTON COAL STAITHES	North Eastern Railway	1948 B.T.C 1963 British Railways Board 1968 Port of Tyne Authority
TYNE DOCK	North Eastern Railway	1948 B.T.C 1963 British Railways Board 1968 Port of Tyne Authority
HARTLEPOOL - Old Harbour	North Eastern Railway	1948 B.T.C. 1963 British Transport Docks Board 1967 Tees Ports Authority
WEST HARTLEPOOL	North Eastern Railway	1948 B.T.C. 1963 British Transport Docks Board 1967 Tees Ports Authority
MIDDLESBROUGH DOCK	North Eastern Railway	1948 B.T.C. 1963 British Transport Docks Board 1967 Tees Ports Authority
SALTEND oil jetties		1948 B.T.C. 1963 British Transport Docks Board 1983 Associated British Ports
HULL (except Old Harbour)	North Eastern Railway / Hull & Barnsley Railway	1948 B.T.C. 1963 British Transport Docks Board 1983 Associated British Ports

NEW HOLLAND PIER	Great Central Railway	1948 B.T.C. 1963 British Railways Board Later sold to New Holland Bulk Services
NEW HOLLAND DOCK	Great Central Railway	1948 B.T.C. 1963 British Railways Board Later sold to local timber importers
IMMINGHAM	Great Central Railway	1948 B.T.C. 1963 British Transport Docks Board 1983 Associated British Ports
GRIMSBY	Great Central Railway	1948 B.T.C. 1963 British Transport Docks Board 1983 Associated British Ports

LOWESTOFT	Great Eastern Railway	1948 B.T.C. 1963 British Transport Docks Board 1983 Associated British Ports
HARWICH - PARKESTON QUAY	Great Eastern Railway	1948 B.T.C. 1963 British Railways Board 1984 Sea Containers Ltd. 1989 Stena Line 1998 Hutchinson Ports (UK) Ltd.

Acknowledgments

Compiled by George Robinson.

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