43-706: Great Central or Great Central Railway may refer to: Railways [ edit ] Great Central Railway , a historical railway company in the United Kingdom Great Central Railway (heritage railway) , a modern heritage railway in Leicestershire, England Great Central Railway (Nottingham) , a modern heritage railway in Nottinghamshire, England Great Central Main Line ,
86-422: A daily weekday service to London St Pancras . The service was withdrawn by East Midlands Trains on 5 September 2008. The new Barnsley Interchange was opened on 20 May 2007 by Secretary of State for Transport Douglas Alexander . The new building forms the entire new complex of Barnsley Interchange. Rail and bus users exit the interchange via the new car park or, for the town centre, the new entrance and exit
129-579: A renewed Bicester Village to Bletchley section of the old ' Varsity Line ' just beyond the site of the former Great Central station at Calvert . Services are expected to start in the mid-2020s. Apart from the three branches in the Liverpool area, the GCR lines in the north of England were all east of Manchester but GCR trains could run from coast to coast by means of joint working with other railways. The largest of those utilized in this way were those under
172-409: A stop , adopted on 1 July 1903, became a trademark for the company, with 163.75 miles (263.53 km) run in three hours, an average of nearly 55 miles per hour (89 km/h). Slip coaches were provided for passengers for Leicester and Nottingham. On 2 April 1906, an " alternative main line " route from Grendon Underwood Junction near Aylesbury to Neasden in north-west London opened. The line
215-549: Is on Eldon Street. It has 24 bus stands. The bus station features the latest in technology such as the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive scheme of "Your Next Bus", tracking buses with GPS to check what time they are due to arrive and depart. Several shops occupy retail units within the interchange, including Lloyd's Pharmacy , GT News, Cowpuccino Espresso Bar, Cooplands and a Subway . Work has since been completed on
258-489: Is open from 1pm to 4pm, Wednesday to Saturday from March through to November. Barnsley railway station Barnsley Interchange is a combined rail and bus station in the centre of Barnsley , South Yorkshire . It was first opened in 1850 as Barnsley Exchange railway station and is 16 miles (26 km) north of Sheffield . It is on the Hallam and Penistone Lines , both operated by Northern Trains . On 20 May 2007,
301-476: Is provided by automated announcements, digital display screens and timetable posters. There are a number of shops a short walk over the footbridge to the bus station, these include a newsagents, Lloyds Pharmacy, Coopland Bakery and a Subway restaurant. In 2013 it was used as a filming location in Channel 4 's cult drama series Utopia . Rail services operate frequently through Barnsley Interchange station. On
344-564: The British Transport Commission , successors of the GCR, were granted arms of their own incorporating the GCR motto Forward . The Great Central Railway (1976) Company Limited applied to the College of Arms as the successors to British Transport Commission (Loughborough to Birstall Light Railway) for permission to utilise the coat of arms of the GCR. A new design incorporating the same armorial components, updated in
387-690: The Cheshire Lines Committee : the other participants were the Midland Railway and the Great Northern Railway , taking in both Liverpool and Southport . Other joint undertakings were (west to east): There were also joint lines in the south: For those in position before 1899, dates are as served for the MS&;LR. These could generally be divided into those intended for passenger work, especially those used on
430-523: The Midland Railway (MR). The LYR and MR each contributed one station in Barnsley to the LMS, and since the ex-MR station was already distinguished as Barnsley Court House , the LMS renamed the former LYR station to Barnsley Low Town on 2 June 1924. Just two months later, on 1 August 1924, it was again renamed, this time to Barnsley Exchange . Barnsley Court House station closed on 19 April 1960, following
473-642: The Settle & Carlisle line .Table 27 National Rail timetable, May 2023 On the Penistone line, there is an hourly service northbound to Huddersfield , now provided seven days a week. Southbound there are four trains per hour (2 fast and 2 stopping). Two of these services terminate at Sheffield whilst one fast train carries on to Nottingham and the other fast service runs through to Lincoln . The service drops to three per hour (one fast & two stopping) on Sundays. In May 1999, Midland Mainline commenced
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#1732773347592516-582: The Sheffield and Rotherham Railway near Brightside , by way of Barnsley. Whilst the railway was still at the planning stage, it was split in two at Barnsley, the northern portion being leased to the M&;LR and the southern to the South Yorkshire, Doncaster & Goole Railway (SYD&G). The northern section opened first, and Barnsley station was opened with the line on 1 January 1850. The route of
559-491: The 1890s, the MS&LR began constructing its Derbyshire lines, the first part of its push southwards. Leaving its east–west main line at Woodhouse Junction, some 5½ miles south-east of Sheffield, the line headed towards Nottingham, a golden opportunity to tap into colliery traffic in the north of the county before reaching the city. A loop line was built to serve its station in Chesterfield . The Great Central Railway
602-678: The Great Central unusual amongst British railways in that its down trains went towards its "milepost zero" and up trains went away from it, but the convention of up and down trains in relation to London was retained. The new line was built from Annesley in Nottinghamshire to join the Metropolitan Railway (MetR) extension to Quainton Road , where the line became joint MetR/GCR owned (after 1903), and returned to GCR tracks at Canfield Place, near Finchley Road , for
645-494: The Hallam line during the day from Monday to Saturday, there are three trains per hour northbound to Leeds . Two are express services, calling only at Wakefield Kirkgate en route to Leeds whilst the third is an all-stations local that runs via Castleford . On Sundays, the service reduces to one express service and one stopping service to Leeds each hour. One northbound Sunday service from Sheffield to Leeds extends to Carlisle via
688-531: The LNER D7 Class) Numbered 567 at Ruddington . The following GCR coaches are preserved. [REDACTED] The marshalling yard at Wath-upon-Dearne opened in November 1907. It was designed to cope with coal trains, full and empty; it was worked with electro-pneumatic signalling. Grimsby , dubbed the "largest fishing port in the world" in the early 20th century, owed its prosperity to
731-496: The Laws of Arms. The design included elements representing Manchester ( gules ... three bendlets enhanced ... or ); Sheffield ( eight arrows saltirewise banded ); Lincoln ( gules ... a fleur de lis or ); Leicester ( two wings ); and London ( Argent ... a cross gules ... daggers erect ). Also represented was Mercury ( a morion winged [sable] ). It was used on locomotives and coaches. The London and North Eastern Railway and
774-484: The London Extension and those for the heavy freight work. Taken over from the MS&LR, mainly of class F2, 2-4-2 tank locomotives, and also classes D5 and D6 4-4-0 locomotives. During Robinson's tenure, many of the larger express passenger engines came into being: Only two GCR locomotives are preserved: In 2019 there were plans to build a replica steam locomotive - a GCR Class 2 4-4-0 (known as
817-661: The South Coast to the Midlands and the North. The route from Banbury to Reading was over Great Western track and from there it traversed South Eastern Railway track via Aldershot and Guildford to Redhill and on to Folkestone and Dover. At the same time, the Great Central was gaining a reputation for fast services to and from London. In May 1903, the company promoted its services as Rapid Travel in Luxury , and Sheffield without
860-662: The Upper Midwest United States Great Central Mines , a defunct mining company in Australian Great Central Road , in Australia See also [ edit ] Grand Central (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Great Central . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
903-578: The alternative route south of Haddenham and widened lines south of Neasden for its intercity main line from Birmingham to London. In 2008, in a scheme partly funded by the Department for Transport , about three miles of line north of Aylesbury as far as Aylesbury Vale Parkway was brought back into passenger use. None of these lines are currently electrified. Work started in 2019 on developing East West Rail , which will extend passenger services north of Aylesbury Vale Parkway through Quainton Road to meet
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#1732773347592946-492: The capital as "up" trains. It is supposed that it was a result of the GCR's headquarters at the time being in Manchester. The mileposts on the Great Central did start at zero at Manchester London Road and increase down the main line via Woodhead , Sheffield Victoria , Woodhouse , and then down the London Extension to Marylebone , 205 route miles from Manchester. However, official documents dated 21 July 1898, detailing
989-504: The commissioning of a new chord line south of the town near Quarry Junction that linked the former SYR route down the Blackburn Valley with the ex- Midland Railway line from Sheffield Midland, allowing services on the latter route to serve the station (and continue northwards to Wakefield & Leeds). Subsequently, on 13 June 1960, Barnsley Exchange was renamed Barnsley . South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive rebuilt
1032-452: The country. The express services from London to destinations beyond Nottingham were withdrawn in 1960. The line was closed to passenger trains between Aylesbury and Rugby on 3 September 1966. A diesel multiple-unit service ran between Rugby Central and Nottingham Arkwright Street until withdrawal on 3 May 1969. Since 1996, Chiltern Railways has used the Great Central lines south of Aylesbury for local services into London, including
1075-638: The early 20th century, when the station at Barnsley was co-owned by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR, successor to the M&LR), and the Great Central Railway (GCR, successor to the MS&LR and SYD&G). At the 1923 grouping , the GCR became part of the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), whilst the LYR formed part of the new London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS), as did
1118-583: The final section to Marylebone . In 1903, new rails were laid parallel to the Metropolitan Railway from Harrow to the junction north of Finchley Road, enabling more traffic to use Marylebone. In 1902, the company introduced an express service from Bournemouth and Southampton to York and Newcastle upon Tyne. A year later, it began a through running express from Dover and Folkestone to Leicester, Nottingham, Sheffield, Leeds, Huddersfield, Halifax, Bradford and Manchester, avoiding London and opening up
1161-790: The historical route these companies follow(ed) Great Lakes Central Railroad , a short line in Michigan, United States Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway , a main line in south east England Hull and Barnsley and Great Central Joint Railway , also known as the Gowdall and Braithwell Railway Great Central tube station , the former name of Marylebone London Underground station, in England Other [ edit ] Great Central Lake , lake in British Columbia, Canada Great Central League , baseball league in
1204-575: The line at Penistone and served Barnsley , Doncaster and Scunthorpe , before rejoining the Grimsby line at Barnetby . Other lines linked Sheffield to Barnsley (via Chapeltown ) and Doncaster (via Rotherham ) and also Lincoln and Wrawby Junction. Branch lines in north Lincolnshire ran to Barton-upon-Humber and New Holland and served ironstone quarries in the Scunthorpe area. In the Manchester area, lines ran to Stalybridge and Glossop . In
1247-506: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Great_Central&oldid=1194424221 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Railway disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Great Central Railway The Great Central Railway in England
1290-490: The method of working of mineral trains on the London Extension (used to help consolidate the new earthworks before passenger traffic began in March 1899), clearly show that the direction of travel on the new line was conventional – up to London, down to Annesley. Furthermore, contemporary descriptions in newspapers of the trains running on the new line are explicit that up trains ran to London and down trains away from it. That made
1333-587: The modern style was proposed, but was rejected in favour of the original. The MS&LR obtained an act of Parliament , the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Act 1893 ( 56 & 57 Vict. c. lxxix), giving approval for its extension to London . On 1 August 1897, the railway's name was changed to Great Central Railway by the Great Central Railway Act 1897 ( 60 & 61 Vict. c. liv). Building work started in 1895, and
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1376-646: The movement of coal. On 22 July 2012, the docks held an open day to celebrate 100 years of operation. The Great Central Railway operated a number of ships. Immingham museum, which portrays the role of the Great Central Railway in the building of the docks and construction of the local rail network is home to the Great Central Railway Society archive. The museum is located in the Civic Centre, Pelham Road, Immingham and
1419-482: The new bus station and refurbished railway station were officially opened by Travel South Yorkshire , with the combined facility renamed to Barnsley Interchange . The Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield & Goole Railway was formed in 1846 with the aim of providing access to the South Yorkshire coalfield. It was to link the Manchester and Leeds Railway (M&LR) near Horbury , with
1462-469: The new line, 92 miles (147 km) in length, opened for coal traffic on 25 July 1898, for passenger traffic on 15 March 1899, and for goods traffic on 11 April 1899. It was designed for high-speed running throughout. It is a commonly held myth that the nomenclature for the direction of travel on the new line was the opposite of standard UK railway practice, in that trains travelling to London were referred to as "down" trains, and those travelling away from
1505-582: The ownership by the GCR and its forebear, the MS&LR. Coal and timber were among its biggest cargoes. The port had two main docks: the Alexandra Dock (named for Queen Alexandra ) and the Royal Dock which was completed in 1852, linked by the Union Dock. The total area of docks was 104.25 acres (42 ha). Completed in 1912, this dock covered 71 acres (29 ha) and was mainly concerned with
1548-416: The platform 2 side of the foot-bridge, and outside the ticket office. In the main building on platform 1, there is a waiting room and toilets. A separate waiting room (with vending machines for drinks and snacks) is located on platform 2, with a fully accessible footbridge (equipped with lifts) linking them; there is step-free access from the entrance and bus station to all platforms. Train running information
1591-524: The southern section was changed, and instead, is connected to the SYD&;G line near Mexborough . This section opened on 1 July 1851, and Barnsley then became a through station, although the two sections of line were operated by different railways. On 1 July 1854, the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR) opened a line from Penistone to Barnsley. Each of these railway companies went through various takeovers and amalgamations, until
1634-405: The station in 2007 to improve interchange with bus services, and the redesign won a Civic Building award. The station is fully staffed throughout the day, with the booking office open from 06:00 to 19:30 Mondays to Saturdays and from 08:45 to 19:00 on Sundays. There are several self-service ticket machines provided for use outside these times and for collecting advance purchase tickets, located on
1677-526: The terms of the Railways Act 1921 , the GCR amalgamated with several other railways to create the London and North Eastern Railway . The GCR line was the last complete mainline railway to be built in Britain until section one of High Speed 1 opened in 2003 and was also one of the shortest-lived intercity railway lines. Yet in its early years, its steam-hauled Sheffield expresses were the fastest in
1720-627: The third, between on the dexter side three bendlets enhanced and on the sinister a fleur de lis or. And for the Crest on a Wreath of the Colours A representation of the front of a locomotive engine between two wings Or as the same are in the margin hereof more plainly depicted to be borne and used for ever hereafter by the said Corporation of the Great Central Railway Company on seals, shields, banners or otherwise according to
1763-452: Was formed when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897, anticipating the opening in 1899 of its London Extension . On 1 January 1923, the company was grouped into the London and North Eastern Railway . On assuming its new title, the Great Central Railway had a main line from Manchester London Road Station via Penistone , Sheffield Victoria , Brigg and Grimsby to Cleethorpes . A second line left
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1806-520: Was joint GCR/ GWR between Ashendon Junction and Northolt Junction . It was built to increase traffic on the GCR by overcoming capacity constraints on the Metropolitan extension and as a result of disagreements between the MetR and GCR after the resignation of Sir Edward Watkin due to poor health. By the time the line was built, the companies had settled their differences. On 1 January 1923, under
1849-489: Was the first railway granted a coat of arms . It was granted on 25 February 1898 by the Garter , Clarenceux and Norroy Kings of Arms as: Argent on a cross gules voided of the field between two wings in chief sable and as many daggers erect, in base of the second, in the fesse point a morion winged of the third, on a chief also of the second a pale of the first thereon eight arrows saltirewise banded also of
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