Great Central Railway

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The Great Central Railway was a major British railway company that operated routes in northern England and the Midlands before being absorbed into the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former British railway company
railway company
chiefEngineer Sir Edward Watkin
country United Kingdom
dateDissolved 1923
dateRenamed 1897
gauge standard gauge
hadRoute London to Manchester route (via Sheffield)
London to Sheffield main line
Manchester–Sheffield–Cleethorpes route
Sheffield–Lincoln line
surface form: Sheffield–Lincoln–Grimsby route
headquartersLocation Manchester
mainLineTerminus Marylebone station
surface form: London Marylebone station
notableStation Leicester Central
Nottingham Victoria
Sheffield Midland
surface form: Sheffield Victoria
notableStructure Woodhead Tunnels
surface form: Woodhead Tunnel
openedLondonExtension 1899
operatedIn England
Midlands
Northern England
operatedInfrastructure Immingham Dock
operatedService freight trains
passenger trains
operatingPeriodEnd 1923
operatingPeriodStart late 19th century under GCR name
originalName Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
partOf Big Four (British railway companies)
surface form: Big Four grouping of 1923 (as constituent of LNER)
predecessorOf London and North Eastern Railway
railwayGroupingOutcome became part of LNER in 1923
regionServed East Midlands
North East Midlands
South Yorkshire
regulatoryChange grouped under Railways Act 1921
servedCity Leicester
Manchester
Nottingham
Sheffield
servedPort Grimsby
Immingham
successor London and North Eastern Railway
wasAbsorbedInto London and North Eastern Railway

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London and North Eastern Railway precededBy Great Central Railway
London and North Eastern Railway ownedInfrastructure Great Central Railway
this entity surface form: Great Central Railway network
Cleethorpes railway station preGroupingCompany Great Central Railway
Hull and Barnsley Railway connectedTo Great Central Railway
Gorton Works associatedWith Great Central Railway
Penistone Line historicalOperator Great Central Railway
Worksop railway station preGroupingOperator Great Central Railway
Marylebone station openedAs Great Central Railway
this entity surface form: Great Central Railway terminus
Grimsby Town railway station preGroupingCompany Great Central Railway
Buckley railway station preGroupingCompany Great Central Railway
Hawarden railway station preGroupingCompany Great Central Railway
Shotton railway station formerOperator Great Central Railway
Neston railway station preGroupingOperator Great Central Railway
Cefn-y-Bedd railway station preGroupingOperator Great Central Railway
Marple railway station preGroupingOperator Great Central Railway
Bredbury railway station preGroupingOperator Great Central Railway
Hyde North railway station preGroupingCompany Great Central Railway