Midland Counties Railway
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The Midland Counties' Railway was an early railway company in the United Kingdom which existed between 1839 and 1844, connecting Nottingham, Leicester and Derby with Rugby and thence, via the London a
The Sun Inn, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, birthplace of the Midland Counties' Railway, 1832
Nottingham Carrington Street railway station
Leicester Campbell Street station from the Midland Counties' Railway Companion of 1840
The viaduct over the Avon valley at Rugby, now Grade II listed
Midland Main Line
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The Midland Main Line is a major railway line between London St Pancras and Sheffield, via Leicester, Derby and Chesterfield; a spur of the line terminates at Nottingham.
Midland Counties Railway
…The three later merged to become the Midland Railway. The part of the MCR line between Nottingham, Derby and Leicester is still in use as part of the Midland Main Line, the part of the route from Leicester to Rugby however was closed in the 1960s. The East Midlands had for some years been at centre of plans to link…
An East Midlands Railway Meridian passing Cossington, in 2024
The British Rail APT-E, built at Derby rail technical centre and extensively tested on the Midland Main Line; its first run was on 25 July 1972 from Derby to Duffield
A Midland Mainline High Speed Train, introduced in 1983 by British Rail, at Nottingham in 2005
New station building at West Hampstead Thameslink