Great Northern Railway Explained

Great Northern Railway or Great Northern Railroad may refer to:

Australia

• Great Northern Railway (Queensland) in Australia
• Great Northern Rail Services in Victoria, Australia
• Central Australia Railway was known as the great Northern Railway in the 1890s in South Australia
• Main North railway line, New South Wales (Australia)

Canada

• Great Northern Railway of Canada

Ireland

• Great Northern Railway (Ireland)

New Zealand

• Kingston Branch (New Zealand) in Southland
• Main North Line, New Zealand and Waiau Branch in Canterbury

United Kingdom

• Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)
  • Thameslink and Great Northern, a former operator of trains on this route, now merged with Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR)
  • West Anglia Great Northern, a former operator of trains on this route
  • Great Northern route, a brand of GTR

United States

• Beaumont and Great Northern Railroad, predecessor of the Waco, Beaumont, Trinity and Sabine Railway, a defunct Texas shortline
• Great Northern Railway (U.S.), part of the BNSF Railway system
• Houston and Great Northern Railroad in Texas, a predecessor of the International – Great Northern Railroad
• International – Great Northern Railroad in Texas, part of the Union Pacific Railroad
• New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern in Louisiana and Mississippi, part of the Canadian National Railway (freight transport) and Amtrak (passenger service) systems
• Paris and Great Northern Railroad in Texas, merged into the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway, now part of the Kiamichi Railroad
• Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad, operating in Wisconsin since 1997

See also

• Northern (disambiguation)