Great Northern

Great Northern may refer to:

Transport

 * One of a number of railways; see Great Northern Railway (disambiguation).
 * Great Northern Railway (U.S.), a defunct American transcontinental railroad and major predecessor of the BNSF Railway.
 * Great Northern Railway (Great Britain), a defunct British railway company formed in 1846, namesake of:
 * Great Northern Route, a group of railway services in the South-East and East of England, UK
 * Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern, a franchise for the provision of this route
 * Govia Thameslink Railway (formerly Thameslink and Great Northern), the company currently operating this franchise
 * GNR Class A1 1470 Great Northern, a British steam locomotive of the Great Northern Railway and the London and North Eastern Railway.

Other

 * Great Northern bean, a white common bean
 * Great Northern Brewing Co., an Australian beer manufacturer
 * Great Northern (country band), led by former Mission Mountain Wood Band member Rob Quist
 * Great northern diver (Gavia immer), a bird also known as the common loon
 * Great Northern Elevator, a historic grain elevator in Buffalo, New York
 * Great Northern (indie band), led by former 30 Seconds to Mars member Solon Bixler
 * Great Northern War, a war fought by Russia, Denmark-Norway, and Saxony-Poland against Sweden
 * Great Northern Warehouse, a leisure complex in Manchester, England
 * Great Northern Paper Company, a Maine pulp and paper manufacturer
 * Great Northern?, a 1947 novel by Arthur Ransome in the Swallows and Amazons series, named after the diver
 * USS Great Northern (AG-9), a cargo ship of the US Navy