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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.
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The Great Eastern Main Line (GEML) is the principal rail corridor in the East of England linking London with the key centres of Chelmsford, Colchester, Ipswich and Norwich. With train services terminat-ing at London Liverpool Street, the GEML is a direct, heavily used, commuter route into the major em-ployment hub of the City of London.
A diagram of the Great Eastern Main Line（Liverpool Street-Norwich） is displayed on the map. You can see where trains stop and confirm the distance between stops.
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Eastern Counties and Eastern Union Railways
The first section of the line, built by the Eastern Counties Railway (ECR), opened in June 1839 between a short-lived temporary terminus at Devonshire Street in the East End of London and Romford in Essex. The London terminus was moved in July 1840 to Shoreditch (later renamed Bishopsgate) in Bethnal Green, and at the eastern end the line was extended six miles out to Brentwood in the same year. A further 34 milrd of track was added out to Colchester by 1843.The original gauge for the line wa...
Great Eastern Railway
From November 1872 Bishopsgate (Low Level) became a temporary terminus to relieve the main high level Bishopsgate station while the GER was building its new permanent terminus at Liverpool Street. The latter opened in stages from February 1874, beginning with the first four platforms, until it was fully open from November 1875. At that time the original 1840 Bishopsgate station closed to passengers and was converted into a goods yard. By the 1870s suburbia in the Forest Gate area was developi...
London and North Eastern Railway
The GER was grouped in 1923 into the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER). In 1931/32 the LNER quadrupled the tracks to Shenfield which became the terminus for inner-suburban operation. In the 1930s a flyover was constructed just west of Ilford to switch the main and electric lines over, to enable main line trains to utilise Liverpool Street's longer west side platforms without having to cross east side suburban traffic in the station throat. The new arrangement also facilitated cross-plat...
The line is owned and maintained by Network Rail.It is part of Network Rail Strategic Route 7, is composed of SRSs 07.01, 07.02 and 07.03, and is classified as a primary line. The GEML has a loading gauge of W10 between Liverpool Street and Haughley Junction (approximately one mile north of Ipswich) and from there is W9 to Norwich. The maximum line...
Main line
Fast and semi-fast services utilise the main line between Liverpool Street and Shenfield. Branch lines diverge at Romford, Shenfield, Witham, Marks Tey, Colchester, Ipswich, Stowmarket and Norwich.
Electric line
A high-frequency service operates on the electric line (referred to as the Shenfield Metro) between Liverpool Street and Shenfield, serving all intermediate stations, which is currently operated by TfL Rail. The off-peak service consists of six trains per hour with some additional services during peak times.Some peak trains are scheduled to start or terminate at Gidea Park or |Ilford instead of Shenfield.The electric line is also used by limited services extending to and from Southend Victori...
Allen, Geoffrey Freeman (January 1983). It's 'Go' for the Great Eastern - at last!. EMAP National Publications. 41–43. OCLC 49957965.Allen, David (28 January – 10 February 1998). Resignalling the Great Eastern. EMAP Apex Publications. OCLC 49953699.The Great Eastern 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.
In the 1880s, a new mainline was constructed as a joint line with the Great Northern Railway, creating an artery northwards to Spalding, Sleaford, Lincoln, Gainsborough and Doncaster. It was thereby enabled to divert lucrative coal traffic destined for London and the East of England onto its own network.
