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The Charleston Railway was built as a private line by the Earl of Elgin, and was purchased by and vested in the Charleston Railway and Harbour Company, incorporated by the Charleston Railway and Harbour Act (22 & 23 Vic.c.96) of 8 August 1859.
The Charleston Railway and Harbour Company was amalgamated with the West of Fife Mineral Railway Company to form the West of Fife Railway and Harbour Company by the West of Fife Railway and Harbour Act (24 & 25 Vic.c.226) of 1 August 1861.
The West of Fife Railway and Harbour Company (together with the Edinburgh Perth and Dundee Railway) was amalgamated with the North British Railway under the North British, Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee, and West of Fife Railways Amalgamation Act (25 & 26 Vic.c.189) of 29 July 1862.
The North British Railway became part of the London and North Eastern Railway as from 1 January 1923 under the North Eastern, Eastern, and East Scottish Group Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 30 December 1922. |