 Region logo from 1965 to 1966 | |
| Franchise(s) | Not subject to franchising (1 January 1948 – 31 December 1966) |
|---|---|
| Main Region(s) | North East of England, Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Parent company | British Rail |
The North Eastern Region was a region of British Railways from 1948, whose operating area could be identified by the orange signs and colour schemes that adorned its stations and other railway buildings. It was merged with the Eastern Region in 1967. It was the near direct post-nationalisation descendant of the North Eastern Railway, that had merged with some other companies to form the LNER in 1923.
In 1958 in a major re-drawing of the region boundaries it gained those former LMS lines that lay in the present-day West and North Yorkshire. In 1967 it was disbanded and merged with the Eastern Region.