Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway

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former railway company joint railway

The Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway was a former British railway network in eastern England, notable for being one of the largest joint railway systems and for serving numerous coastal resorts in Norfolk and Lincolnshire.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway (historical) 1
Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway main line 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former railway company ⓘ
joint railway ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dateDissolved 1936 ⓘ
formedFrom Eastern and Midlands Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
Great Northern Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lynn and Fakenham Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
Midland Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
Norfolk Railway lines ⓘ
Yarmouth and North Norfolk Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
gauge 1435 mm ⓘ
hasRoute King's Lynn to Cromer line NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peterborough to Great Yarmouth line NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation Melton Constable NERFINISHED ⓘ
laterOwnedBy London and North Eastern Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
London, Midland and Scottish Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn eastern England ⓘ
mostLinesClosed 1959 ⓘ
networkCharacter predominantly rural ⓘ
nicknamed Muddle and Go Nowhere NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor being one of the largest joint railway systems in Great Britain ⓘ
serving numerous coastal resorts ⓘ
opened 1893 ⓘ
ownedBy Great Northern Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
Midland Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf British railway network ⓘ
primaryTraffic agricultural produce ⓘ
holiday traffic to coastal resorts ⓘ
servedPlace Bourne NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cromer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fakenham NERFINISHED ⓘ
Great Yarmouth NERFINISHED ⓘ
Holbeach NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hunstanton NERFINISHED ⓘ
King's Lynn NERFINISHED ⓘ
Melton Constable NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mundesley NERFINISHED ⓘ
Norwich NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peterborough NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sheringham NERFINISHED ⓘ
Skegness NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spalding NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sutton Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wisbech NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedRegion Cambridgeshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lincolnshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Norfolk NERFINISHED ⓘ
Suffolk NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor London and North Eastern Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
London, Midland and Scottish Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
trackGauge standard gauge ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

M&GN Joint Railway → alsoKnownAs → Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway ⓘ
Holbeach railway station (disused) → railwayNetwork → Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway ⓘ
Holbeach railway station (disused) → railwayCompany → Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway ⓘ
Holbeach railway station (disused) → partOf → Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway main line
Spalding railway station → locatedOn → Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway (historical)