<Tr> <Td> Gravesend West Line </Td> <Td> LCDR </Td> <Td> Longfield Halt to Gravesend West </Td> <Td> 1968 </Td> <Td> Opened in 1886 . Passenger traffic ceased in 1953 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Great Central Main Line </Td> <Td> Great Central Railway (LNER) </Td> <Td> London (Marylebone) to Sheffield (Victoria) </Td> <Td> Opened in 1899 / 1900 Closed in 1966 - 69 (in stages) / (to all traffic) </Td> <Td> Parts of the GCR still open between London Marylebone to Verney Junction north of Aylesbury . Two sections of the former Main - Line now preserved as the Great Central Railway (Nottingham) (between Ruddington and Loughborough High Level), and as the Great Central Railway (Leicester) (between Loughborough Central and Leicester North). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway </Td> <Td> Great Northern Rly / Great Eastern Rly (Jointly) </Td> <Td> Drax to Huntingdon, via Haxey Junction, Lincoln and March </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Great Harwood Line </Td> <Td> Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LMS) </Td> <Td> Blackburn to Burnley via Rishton, Great Harwood, Simonstone, Padiham and Rose Grove </Td> <Td> 1957 1993 (to all traffic) </Td> <Td> Opened in two stages between 1875 and 1877 . Known as the North Lancashire Loop Most of the line, now converted to a path </Td> </Tr>

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