Great Northern Railway

Great Northern Railway or Great Northern Railroad may refer to:

Australia

 * Great Northern Railway (Queensland) in Australia
 * Great Northern Rail Services in Victoria, Australia
 * Central Australia Railway was known as the great Northern Railway in the 1890s in South Australia
 * Main North railway line, New South Wales (Australia)

Canada

 * Great Northern Railway of Canada

Ireland

 * Great Northern Railway (Ireland)

New Zealand

 * Kingston Branch (New Zealand) in Southland
 * Main North Line, New Zealand and Waiau Branch in Canterbury

United Kingdom

 * Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)
 * Thameslink and Great Northern, a former operator of trains on this route, now merged with Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR)
 * West Anglia Great Northern, a former operator of trains on this route
 * Great Northern route, a brand of GTR

United States

 * Beaumont and Great Northern Railroad, predecessor of the Waco, Beaumont, Trinity and Sabine Railway, a defunct Texas shortline
 * Great Northern Railway (U.S.), part of the BNSF Railway system
 * Houston and Great Northern Railroad in Texas, a predecessor of the International – Great Northern Railroad
 * International – Great Northern Railroad in Texas, part of the Union Pacific Railroad
 * New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern in Louisiana and Mississippi, part of the Canadian National Railway (freight transport) and Amtrak (passenger service) systems
 * Paris and Great Northern Railroad in Texas, merged into the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway, now part of the Kiamichi Railroad
 * Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad, operating in Wisconsin since 1997