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.
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
Great Central Main Line
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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
Midland Main Line
…local passenger trains were taken over by diesel multiple units from 14 April 1958, taking about 51 minutes between the two cities. When the Great Central Main Line closed in 1966, the Midland Main Line became the only direct main line rail link between London, the East Midlands and parts of South Yorkshire. The…
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