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The Great Central Main Line (GCML), also known as the London Extension of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR), is a former railway line in the United Kingdom. The line was opened in 1899 and built by the Great Central Railway running from Sheffield in the North of England , southwards through Nottingham and Leicester to ...
British Railways closed the Great Central Main Line (GCML) through the tunnel on 5 September 1966, and the track was lifted shortly thereafter. [3] With the withdrawal of a maintenance regime after closure, a blocked drain exacerbated water ingress such that a foot or more of floodwater filled some parts of the tunnel. [2]
Finmere station was on the Great Central Main Line, the last English main line - built in 1899, and the first to be closed in 1966. [1] The section of the line between Brackley Central and Quainton Road was to be constructed by Walter Scott & Co., civil engineers from Newcastle-upon-Tyne at a cost of £420,000. The construction of the section ...
Great Central Main Line: Great Central Railway (LNER) London (Marylebone) to Sheffield (Victoria) 1966 –69 (in stages) Parts of the GCR still open between London Marylebone to Verney Junction north of Aylesbury. Two stretches of the former Great Central Main Line now preserved as the Nottingham Heritage Railway (between Ruddington and ...
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The Great Central Main Line duplicated the route of the Midland Main Line and long-distance trains from Marylebone were scaled back from 1958, leading to the closure of the Great Central Main Line north of Aylesbury on 4 September 1966 in the Beeching Axe. [34] A local train facing London in 1961
This is a diagrammatic map of the Great Central Main Line, part of the former Great Central Railway network. The map shows the line as it currently is (please refer to legend), and includes all stations (open or closed). Some nearby lines and branch lines are also shown, though most stations are omitted on such lines if they are closed.
One of the most significant closures was the Great Central Main Line from London Marylebone to Leicester and Sheffield. [33] Not all the recommended closures were implemented. Reprieved lines include: Lines through the Scottish Highlands, such as the Far North Line, were kept open, in part because of pressure from the powerful Highland lobby.