New North Main Line
The Acton-Northolt Line (ANL) is a railway line of about 11 miles (18 km) in west London, at present little used, save that part of its original engineered route forms an important western part of the Central Line. As a link from the Great Western Main Line which starts at London Paddington to the Chiltern Main Line heading north west the line has the historic alternative name New North Main Line (NNML).
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