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.