Great Northern Railway or Great Northern Railroad may refer to:

Australia

  • Great Northern Railway (Queensland) in Australia
  • Great Northern Rail Services in Victoria, Australia
  • Central Australia Railway was known as the great Northern Railway in the 1890s in South Australia
  • Main North railway line, New South Wales (Australia)

Canada

  • Great Northern Railway of Canada

Ireland

  • Great Northern Railway (Ireland)

New Zealand

  • Kingston Branch (New Zealand) in Southland
  • Main North Line, New Zealand and Waiau Branch in Canterbury

United Kingdom

  • Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)
  • East Coast Main Line, the main line of the railway
  • London and North Eastern Railway, which the GNR was merged into
  • Great Northern route, the suburban services on the southern East Coast Main Line and its branches
  • West Anglia Great Northern, a former operator of this route
  • First Capital Connect, a former operator of this route
  • Govia Thameslink Railway, the current operator under the brand 'Great Northern'

United States

  • Beaumont and Great Northern Railroad, predecessor of the Waco, Beaumont, Trinity and Sabine Railway, a defunct Texas shortline
  • Great Northern Railway (U.S.), part of the BNSF Railway system
  • Houston and Great Northern Railroad in Texas, a predecessor of the International – Great Northern Railroad
  • International–Great Northern Railroad in Texas, part of the Union Pacific Railroad
  • New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern in Louisiana and Mississippi, part of the Canadian National Railway (freight transport) and Amtrak (passenger service) systems
  • Paris and Great Northern Railroad in Texas, merged into the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway, now part of the Kiamichi Railroad
  • Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad, operating in Wisconsin since 1997

See also

  • Northern
  • Great Northern
  • Northern Railway