Which railway was the SNER?

S.N.E.R. stands for the Scottish North Eastern Railway, it was the result of a merger between the Aberdeen Railway and the Scottish Midland Junction Railway in 1856.

The Aberdeen railway (opened 1847-1850) ran between Aberdeen, Forfar and Arbroath on the east coast of Scotland. At this time, the Scottish Midland Junction Railway continued the route into Perth. The merger of the two railway companies gave a through-route from Aberdeen to the Central Belt of Scotland, which was considered a vital link.

The SNER had only a short existence because in 1866, just ten years after its formation, the company was absorbed into the Caledonian Railway Company. Very little of the old SNER line survives today thanks to rationalisation, by 1967, much of the network had been closed leaving only the last leg of the journey into Aberdeen remaining as part of the present day route.