Alex Coomber
The Great Northern. London Kings Cross to Doncaster. 171 Miles. London Kings Cross, Potters Bar, Hatfield, Welwyn, Stevenage, Hitchin, Sandy, St Neots, Huntingdon, Peterborough, Essendine, Little Bytham, Grantham, Newark, Dukeries Junction, Retford and Doncaster. Despite the underhand activities of its rivals at London Euston in particular the financier George Hudson. The Great Northern Railway succeeded in building a world beating railway that through peacetime and wartime has stood the test of time.