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By Alan C Butcher. Published by Transport Treasury Publications. Softback.
The M&GN Joint Railway had the longest mileage of any joint railway in Great Britain. Opened in 1893, it provided a link between the Midlands and East Coast port of Yarmouth. The area directly served was agricultural and sparsely populated, but seaside holidays had developed and many long-distance express trains used the M&GN. After 1945 the profitability of the network declined steeply, worsened by the seasonality of the business. Increasing competition from road transport along with BR losses caused the lines closure in 1959.
