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- Great_Central_Main_Line abstract "The Great Central Main Line (GCML), also known as the London Extension of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR), is a former railway line in the United Kingdom. It opened in 1899 and ran from Sheffield in the North of England, southwards through Nottingham and Leicester to Marylebone Station in London.The GCML was the last main line railway built in Britain during the Victorian period. It was built by the railway entrepreneur Edward Watkin who aimed to run a high-speed, north-south main line to London. The line was not only designed to a specification which would permit trains to run at higher speeds, but also built to a larger loading gauge in anticipation of larger continental European trains; Watkin confidently believed that it would be possible to run direct rail services between Britain and France and had also presided over an unsuccessful project to dig a tunnel under the English Channel in the 1880s. Aside from this ambitious scheme, the GCML operated as a fast trunk route from the North and the East Midlands to London. It was not initially a financial success, only recovering under the leadership of Sam Fay. Though initially planned largely with long-distance passenger services in mind, in practice the line's most important function became to carry goods traffic, notably coal.In the 1960s, the line was viewed by Doctor Richard Beeching as an unnecessary duplication of other lines which served the same places, especially the Midland Main Line and to a lesser extent the West Coast Main Line. Most of the route was closed between 1966 and 1969 under the Beeching axe.A part of the former main line has been preserved as the Great Central (heritage) Railway between Leicester and Loughborough.The route is being assessed by the Labour Party as a cheaper alternative to High Speed 2.".
- Great_Central_Main_Line closingYear "1966".
- Great_Central_Main_Line location East_Midlands.
- Great_Central_Main_Line location London.
- Great_Central_Main_Line location Manchester.
- Great_Central_Main_Line location South_East_England.
- Great_Central_Main_Line location South_Yorkshire.
- Great_Central_Main_Line openingYear "1899".
- Great_Central_Main_Line routeEnd Manchester_Piccadilly_station.
- Great_Central_Main_Line routeStart London.
- Great_Central_Main_Line routeStart Marylebone_station.
- Great_Central_Main_Line status "Mostly closed".
- Great_Central_Main_Line thumbnail Up_freight_near_Braunston_&_Willoughby_2127110.jpg?width=300.
- Great_Central_Main_Line wikiPageExternalLink www.railwayarchive.org.uk.
- Great_Central_Main_Line wikiPageID "6171123".
- Great_Central_Main_Line wikiPageRevisionID "602129793".
- Great_Central_Main_Line caption "A freight train on the Great Central near Braunston and Willoughby in 1958.".
- Great_Central_Main_Line close "1966".
- Great_Central_Main_Line end Manchester_Piccadilly_station.
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- Great_Central_Main_Line locale East_Midlands.
- Great_Central_Main_Line locale London.
- Great_Central_Main_Line locale Manchester.
- Great_Central_Main_Line locale South_East_England.
- Great_Central_Main_Line locale South_Yorkshire.
- Great_Central_Main_Line mapState "collapsed".
- Great_Central_Main_Line name "Great Central Main Line".
- Great_Central_Main_Line notrack "Double".
- Great_Central_Main_Line open "1899".
- Great_Central_Main_Line start "Marylebone station, London".
- Great_Central_Main_Line status "Mostly closed".
- Great_Central_Main_Line system "National Rail Network".
- Great_Central_Main_Line type "Main Line".
- Great_Central_Main_Line subject Category:Great_Central_Railway.
- Great_Central_Main_Line subject Category:Railway_lines_opened_in_1899.
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- Great_Central_Main_Line comment "The Great Central Main Line (GCML), also known as the London Extension of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR), is a former railway line in the United Kingdom. It opened in 1899 and ran from Sheffield in the North of England, southwards through Nottingham and Leicester to Marylebone Station in London.The GCML was the last main line railway built in Britain during the Victorian period.".
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- Great_Central_Main_Line name "Great Central Main Line".