Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "The Edinburgh and Northern Railway was a Scottish railway company. It was authorised by Act of Parliament in 1845. It operated services between Burntisland, on the northern shore of the Firth of Forth, Perth and Tayport, with a junction at Ladybank. The company is often referred to by its later name of Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway.On 27 July 1847, the company took over the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway.The ferry from Burntisland to Granton was the world's first railway ferry. The service commenced on 3 February 1850. Thomas Bouch designed the ferry loading mechanism. The ferry was the Leviathan, and was designed by Thomas Grainger. From Burntisland, Edinburgh and Northern Railway services connected to Perth and Tayport (ferry to Broughty Ferry for Dundee and Aberdeen).It became part of the North British Railway on 29 July 1862."@en }
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- Edinburgh_and_Northern_Railway abstract "The Edinburgh and Northern Railway was a Scottish railway company. It was authorised by Act of Parliament in 1845. It operated services between Burntisland, on the northern shore of the Firth of Forth, Perth and Tayport, with a junction at Ladybank. The company is often referred to by its later name of Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway.On 27 July 1847, the company took over the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway.The ferry from Burntisland to Granton was the world's first railway ferry. The service commenced on 3 February 1850. Thomas Bouch designed the ferry loading mechanism. The ferry was the Leviathan, and was designed by Thomas Grainger. From Burntisland, Edinburgh and Northern Railway services connected to Perth and Tayport (ferry to Broughty Ferry for Dundee and Aberdeen).It became part of the North British Railway on 29 July 1862.".