Middlesbrough and Guisborough Railway
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The Middlesbrough and Guisborough Railway (MGR) was a railway line serving the towns of Middlesbrough and Guisborough as well as areas of the Eston Hills in North Yorkshire from the second half of the 19th century through to the 1960s.
The main line was constructed south from Middlesbrough heading through Nunthorpe from where it curved east via Guisborough and on towards the coast to join the Whitby Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway (at a part of the line which now runs freight only from Boulby mine onto the Tees Valley Line). It also served a number of quarries in the area. Despite its close proximity to the Picton-Battersby Line, it was another 10 years before a link was built between the two.
The line from Nunthorpe Junction to Guisborough closed in 1964 leaving the section from Middlesbrough open to Battersby, and still remains in use as part of the Esk Valley Line, represented by the non-faded part at the top of the diagram.
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