Midland Counties Railway

Midland Counties' Railway

Map of the route of the Midland Counties' Railway
Overview
Headquarters	Derby
Reporting mark	MCR
Dates of operation	1839 (1839)–1844 (1844)
Successor	Midland Railway
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)

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Legend
Stations with dates were opened later Midland Main Line Derby Cross Country Route Spondon Borrowash Draycott and Breaston Sawley Long Eaton Trent Midland Main Line Nottingham Carrington Street Beeston Attenborough Long Eaton Trent 1852 Red Hill Tunnel Kegworth Hathern 1868 Loughborough Barrow-upon-Soar Sileby Cossington Gate 1846 Syston Humberstone Road 1875 Leicester Campbell Street Welford Road Wigston South Countesthorpe 1845 Broughton Astley Leire Halt 1925 Ullesthorpe Willey Tunnel Avon Viaduct Rugby West Coast Main Line

The Midland Counties' Railway (MCR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom which existed between 1839 and 1844, connecting Nottingham, Leicester and Derby with Rugby and thence, via the London and Birmingham Railway, to London. The MCR system connected with the North Midland Railway and the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway in Derby at what become known as the Tri Junct Station. The three later merged to become the Midland Railway.

The part of the MCR line between Nottingham, Derby and Leicester is still in use as part of the Midland Main Line, the part of the route from Leicester to Rugby however was closed in the 1960s.