M&GN

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M&GN was a historic joint railway in eastern England, formally known as the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway, that connected the Midlands to the Norfolk coast.

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M&GN canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf joint railway ⓘ
railway company ⓘ
abbreviation M&GN ⓘ
category British joint railway ⓘ
Defunct railway companies of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Rail transport in Norfolk ⓘ
Rail transport in the East Midlands ⓘ
connectedRegion Midlands ⓘ
Norfolk coast ⓘ
linked to: Norfolk Coast
country United Kingdom ⓘ
fullName Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
geographicFocus East Anglia ⓘ
East Midlands ⓘ
historicalSignificance major cross-country route in eastern England ⓘ
historicPeriod 19th century ⓘ
20th century ⓘ
infrastructureType branch lines ⓘ
railway line ⓘ
jointOwner Great Northern Railway ⓘ
Midland Railway ⓘ
locatedIn eastern England ⓘ
linked to: East of England
nickname Muddle and Go Nowhere ⓘ
notableFor linking Midlands industrial centres to Norfolk holiday resorts ⓘ
operatedAs joint undertaking ⓘ
primaryTerminus Birmingham (via Midland connections) ⓘ
Cromer ⓘ
Norwich ⓘ
Sheringham ⓘ
Yarmouth ⓘ
railwayType joint railway system ⓘ
main line railway ⓘ
regionServed Midlands ⓘ
Norfolk ⓘ
servedCounty Cambridgeshire ⓘ
Lincolnshire ⓘ
Norfolk ⓘ
Suffolk ⓘ
servedDestination Cromer ⓘ
Great Yarmouth ⓘ
Norfolk seaside resorts ⓘ
Sheringham ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
successorOwner London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ
London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ
transportMode rail ⓘ

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Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway → abbreviation → M&GN ⓘ
subject linked to: M&GN