Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway

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

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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 main line
linked to: Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Spalding railway station locatedOn Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway (historical)
linked to: Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Eastern Region mainLine Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway (residual parts)
subject linked to: ER
linked to: Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
M&GN fullName Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
South Lynn wasRailwayHubOn Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
South Lynn servedByRailwayCompany Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
South Lynn railway station servedByLine Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
subject linked to: South Lynn
Yarmouth Beach servedLine Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Yarmouth Beach operator Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Yarmouth Beach preGroupingCompany Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Peterborough North servedRailwayLine Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Muddle and Go Nowhere refersTo Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Muddle and Go Nowhere associatedWith Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway network
linked to: Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway Society focusesOn Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway