Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Railway information
Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Railway
The Manchester to Marylebone express at Neasden Junction
Overview
Termini
Harrow on the Hill, Buckinghamshire, England
Verney Junction, Buckinghamshire, England
History
Opened
2 April 1906
Technical
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
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Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Railway
Legend
To Baker Street and Marylebone
Harrow-on-the-Hill
North Harrow
Pinner
Northwood Hills
Northwood
Moor Park
Watford Curve
Croxley
Watford
Rickmansworth
Chorleywood
Chalfont & Latimer
Chesham
Amersham
Great Missenden
Wendover
Stoke Mandeville
Wycombe Railway
Aylesbury
Waddesdon
Quainton Road
Brill Tramway
Former Great Central Main Line
Waddesdon Road
Westcott
Wotton
Wood Siding
Brill
Granborough Road
Winslow Road
Verney Junction
The Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Railway was a joint railway company that controlled a line extending from Harrow on the Hill in what is now north-western Greater London to Verney Junction in Buckinghamshire, England.[1] Owned by the Metropolitan Railway and the Great Central Railway, the railway was nationalised in 1948.
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