page_title: Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
section_title: Constituents of the M&GNJR
hierarchical_section_title: Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway / Constituents of the M&GNJR
caption_attribution_description: English: System map of the western part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway, England, in 1893
context_page_description: The Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway was a railway network in England, in the area connecting southern Lincolnshire and north Norfolk. It developed from several local independent concerns and was incorporated in 1893. It was jointly owned by the Midland Railway and the Great Northern Railway, and those companies had long sponsored and operated the predecessor companies.
  The area directly served was agricultural and sparsely populated, but seaside holidays had developed and the M&GNJR ran many long-distance express trains to and from the territory of the parent companies, as well as summer local trains for holidaymakers. It had the longest mileage of any joint railway in the United Kingdom.
  After 1945 the profitability of the network declined steeply, worsened by the seasonality of the business. It was duplicated by other lines and the decision was taken to close it. Most of the network closed in 1959, although some limited sections continued in use. Only a short section near Sheringham is in commercial use today, but the North Norfolk Railway is active as a heritage line.
context_section_description: The ultimate formation of the M&GNJR resulted from the fusion of numerous local schemes, though they did not at first aspire to form a connected railway.
caption: The western section of the later M&GNJR
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