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Great Eastern Main Line
Class 745 at Colchester in 2020
Overview
Status
Operational
Owner
Network Rail
Locale
Greater London East of England
Termini
London Liverpool Street 51°31′08″N0°04′53″W / 51.5188°N 0.0815°W / 51.5188; -0.0815 (Great Eastern Main Line, London terminus)
Greater Anglia Elizabeth line c2c (limited services)
Depot(s)
Norwich Crown Point Clacton-on-Sea Ilford Colchester
Rolling stock
Class 345 Aventra
Class 357 Electrostar
Class 720 Aventra
Class 745 FLIRT
History
Opened
1862
Technical
Line length
114 miles 40 chains (184.3 km)
Number of tracks
1–6
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Old gauge
5 ft (1,524 mm) until 1844
Electrification
Mk1 and GEFF 25 kV 50 Hz AC OHLE
Operating speed
100 mph (160 km/h)
Route map
v
t
e
Great Eastern main line
Legend
mi-ch
from London Liverpool Street
114-40
Norwich
Bittern line
to Sheringham
and
Wherry lines
via Brundall
Trowse swing bridge
over River Wensum
Trowse
Norwich Victoria
Breckland line
to Cambridge
River Yare
Swainsthorpe
Flordon
to Wymondham
Forncett
Tivetshall
Waveney Valley line
to Beccles
Burston
Scole
94-43
Diss
River Waveney
Branch line
to Eye
Mellis
Finningham
Mid-Suffolk Light Rly
Branch line
to Ely
Haughley
80-09
Stowmarket
River Gipping
77-07
Needham Market
Claydon
River Gipping
Bramford
River Gipping
East Suffolk line
to Lowestoft
Ipswich Goods Yard
to Lower Yard
and Ipswich Docks
Ipswich depot
68-59
Ipswich
Stoke Tunnel (
16 ch
320 m
)
Ipswich Stoke Hill
Griffin Wharf branch
(goods only)
Hadleigh Rly
to Hadleigh
Bentley
River Stour
Mayflower line
to Harwich Town
59-35
Manningtree
Ardleigh
Sunshine Coast Line
to Clacton and Walton
51-52
Colchester
Colchester depot
River Colne
46-49
Marks Tey
Gainsborough line
to Sudbury
River Blackwater
Kelvedon & Tollesbury Light Rly
to Tollesbury Pier
42-18
Kelvedon
Maldon branch line
Branch line
to Braintree
38-48
Witham
River Brain
35-74
Hatfield Peverel
Beaulieu Park
(planned)
River Chelmer
29-60
Chelmsford
Chelmsford Viaduct
A12 road
23-50
Ingatestone
Shenfield–Southend line
to Southend Victoria
Shenfield Junction
20-16
Shenfield
18-16
Brentwood
M25 motorway
14-76
Harold Wood
A127 road
Gidea Park carriage sidings
13-41
Gidea Park
Branch line
to Upminster
12-30
Romford
Romford OHL depot
Crowlands
9-79
Chadwell Heath
9-23
Goodmayes
8-46
Seven Kings
Fairlop Loop
(now site of Ilford depot)
7-29
Ilford
River Roding
North Circular Road
Ilford flyover
6-20
Manor Park
Forest Gate Junction
to Gospel Oak to Barking line
Gospel Oak to Barking line
5-21
Forest Gate
4-39
Maryland
Temple Mills branch line
to West Anglia Main Line
4-03
Stratford
North London line
to Richmond
Waterworks River
Thornton Fields
carriage sidings
City Mill River
Bow Midland Yard
Elizabeth line
River Lea
Bryant and May works
Temple Mills line
Bow Junction
Bow Curve
to London Fenchurch Street
Coborn Road
Regent's Canal
Globe Road &
Devonshire Street
Bethnal Green East Junction
West Anglia Main Line
and Lea Valley lines
1-10
Bethnal Green
Bethnal Green West Junction
East London line
Bishopsgate
Wheler Street Junction
0-00
London Liverpool Street
1
2
3
1 Suburban line
2 Main line 3 Electric line
Connection to
Metropolitan Railway
The Great Eastern Main Line (GEML, sometimes referred to as the East Anglia Main Line) is a 114.5-mile (184.3 km) major railway line on the British railway system which connects Liverpool Street station in central London with destinations in east London and the East of England, including Shenfield, Chelmsford, Colchester, Ipswich and Norwich. Its numerous branches also connect the main line to Southminster, Braintree, Sudbury, Harwich and a number of coastal towns including Southend-on-Sea, Clacton-on-Sea, Walton-on-the-Naze and Lowestoft.[1]
Its main users are commuters travelling to and from London, particularly the City of London, which is served by Liverpool Street, and areas in east London, including the Docklands financial district via the London Underground and Docklands Light Railway connections at Stratford. The line is also heavily used by leisure travellers, as it and its branches serve a number of seaside resorts, shopping areas and countryside destinations. The route also provides the main artery for substantial freight traffic to and from Felixstowe and Harwich, via their respective branch lines. Trains from Southend Airport also run into London via the GEML.[2]
The Elizabeth line, which fully opened in November 2022, operates services from Shenfield to London Paddington via Liverpool Street, connecting Essex with Central London and West London. Additionally, it provides a direct rail link between the GEML and the Great Western Main Line.
^National Rail, Rail Services Around London & the South East, (2006)
^Network Rail Archived 15 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine - Route 7 - Great Eastern (PDF)
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