The Great Central Main Line, also known as the London Extension, is a former main line railway in the United Kingdom. The line was opened in 1899, built by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire R
A freight train on the Great Central near Braunston and Willoughby in 1958.
Nottingham Victoria railway station
Belgrave and Birstall station, typical of the island platform design used on the London Extension
10am London to Manchester express hauled by LNER A3 Pacific No.60063 'Isinglass' at Marylebone in May 1956
Marylebone station is a Central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in the Marylebone area of the City of Westminster. On the National Rail network, it is also known as Lo
Great Central Main Line
…Railway (GCR) in August 1897, prior to the line's opening. It ran from Sheffield in the North of England, southwards through Nottingham and Leicester to Marylebone in London. The GCML was the last main line railway to be built in Britain during the Victorian period. It was built by the railway entrepreneur Edward…
Bakerloo line northbound platform at the London Underground station
The facade of Marylebone station, designed by Henry William Braddock
Marylebone station in 1966; it has since been redesigned with two replacement platforms