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The Great Central and Midland Joint Railway, formerly, before 1897, Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies' Committee, was a collection of joint railways, mainly in the Manchester and South Yorkshire areas.
In the South Yorkshire area most of the lines were colliery branches, where the companies joined forces to tap the coal measures and gain a foothold in the lucrative traffic. The main line within South Yorkshire was in two sections:
Also included in the joint committee were short curves linking the partners lines.
In Manchester, most of these lines were on the eastern side of the city:
At grouping these lines became joint LNER/LMSR property.