Great Northern Railway
Wikimedia disambiguation page
Great Northern Railway or Great Northern Railroad may refer to:
Australia
Great Northern Railway (Queensland)
Great Northern Rail Services in Victoria
Central Australia Railway was known as the great Northern Railway in the 1890s in South Australia
Main Northern railway line, New South Wales
Canada
Great Northern Railway of Canada
Ireland
Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
New Zealand
Kingston Branch (New Zealand) in Southland
Main North Line, New Zealand and Waiau Branch in Canterbury
United Kingdom
Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)
East Coast Main Line, the main line of the railway
London and North Eastern Railway, which the GNR was merged into
Great Northern route, the suburban services on the southern East Coast Main Line and its branches
West Anglia Great Northern, a former operator of this route
First Capital Connect, a former operator of this route
Govia Thameslink Railway, a former operator of this route under the brand 'Great Northern'
Greater Thameslink Railway, the current operator of this route under the brand 'Great Northern'
United States
Beaumont and Great Northern Railroad, predecessor of the Waco, Beaumont, Trinity and Sabine Railway, a defunct Texas shortline
Great Northern Railway (U.S.), part of the BNSF Railway system
Houston and Great Northern Railroad in Texas, a predecessor of the International – Great Northern Railroad
International–Great Northern Railroad in Texas, part of the Union Pacific Railroad
New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern in Louisiana and Mississippi, part of the Canadian National Railway (freight transport) and Amtrak (passenger service) systems
Paris and Great Northern Railroad in Texas, merged into the St.
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