Great Central Railway - Other New Lines

Other New Lines

• The Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway (LD&ECR): This railway was opened in 1897, principally to link the coalfields with deepwater ports, and was intended to run from Sutton on Sea in Lincolnshire to Warrington in Lancashire. In the event only the section between Pyewipe Junction, near Lincoln and Chesterfield Market Place station, with some branch lines, was ever built. It was purchased by the GCR on 1 January 1907, providing a better link between the London main line and the east coast.
• Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway purchased 1 January 1905
• North Wales and Liverpool Railway: same date
• Wigan Junction Railway: 1 January 1906
• Liverpool, St Helens and South Lancashire Railway: same date
• North Lindsey Light Railway Scunthorpe to Whitton: opened throughout 1 December 1910; worked by GCR, carried passengers, although its main freight was ironstone