Great Northern & City Railway 1892 - 1904

occupation:
Railway company
Nationality:
British
Made:
Canonbury and Moorgate

Incorporated on 28 June 1892 with the intention of running a line from the Cannonbury Curve to Moorgate. Disagreements about running lead the GNR to build its own terminus under Finsbury Park, leasing it to the company. It opened on 14 February 1904 and the Metropolitan Railway took control under an Act of 15 August 1913.

Related Objects

G.E.C. 66 electric motor with pinion, from Great Northern and City Railway car, 1902