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Great Northern Railway (Great Britain) facts for kids

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The Great Northern Railway (GNR) was a British railway company established in 1846. The main line ran from London King's Cross station via Hitchin, Peterborough, and Grantham, to York. There was a loop line from Peterborough to Bawtry (south of Doncaster) via Boston and Lincoln. There were also branch lines to Sheffield and Wakefield. On 1 January 1923 the company became a part of the London and North Eastern Railway. Today, the GNR main line forms part of the East Coast Main Line.


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  • Bennerley Viaduct

    The Bennerley Viaduct on the Awsworth Junction to Derby Branch in 2006

  • Great Northern Railway Boston Works - geograph.org.uk - 2233324

    The former GNR works at Boston, Lincolnshire

  • 2015-03-07 - Thinktank - Sasha Taylor - 291

    Happy as a Sand-Boy, summer specials poster to Skegness (1907)

  • Mayflower in LNER green on the Quad Art set - geograph.org.uk - 1185515

    GNR designed stock built under the LNER in 1924

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