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 ⓘ