 Most of the Great Central Main Line closed in 1966 as part of the Beeching cuts, although parts of the route are still in use today by Chiltern Railways as the London to Aylesbury Line.According to plans announced in 2010, part of the proposed High Speed 2 (HS2) route will run along a re-opened section of the GCR route between and .An alternative proposal to re-open the GCR for freight has been put forward by the Central Railway company.