Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
Routes operated Built mph km/h 47: N/A Diesel locomotive: 95 153 Hired from Direct Rail Services: Train Rescue Norwich - Great Yarmouth (Summer Only), Norwich - Lowestoft (Summer Only) 1962–1968 90: Electric locomotive: 110 177 15 London - Norwich: 1987–1990 153 Super Sprinter: 1 DMU: 75 121 5 Ipswich - Felixstowe, Norwich - Great Yarmouth ...
The Northern line is one of two commuter rail routes operated by Merseyrail and centred on Merseyside, England, [5] the other being the Wirral line.The cross-city route runs from Hunts Cross in south Liverpool then (by way of an underground section through Liverpool's city centre) branches in the north to terminate at Southport, Headbolt Lane (both Merseyside) and Ormskirk ().
EMR Regional is a brand used on regional routes, most of which terminate at or pass through Nottingham, including services from Norwich to Liverpool Lime Street and from Crewe to Newark Castle. They run a mixture of Class 158s and 170s with 158s normally confined to the Norwich to Liverpool stretch. [33]
Norwich railway station (formerly Norwich Thorpe) is the northern terminus of the Great Eastern Main Line in the East of England, serving the cathedral city of Norwich, Norfolk. It is 114 miles 77 chains (185 km) down the main line (measured via Ipswich) from London Liverpool Street , the western terminus.
The Eastern Counties Railway was at the same time building a route from Newport in Essex through Cambridge via Ely to Brandon. This route would be the first route between Norwich and London. A month before opening, the Yarmouth and Norwich Railway and the Norwich & Brandon Railway merged to become the Norfolk Railway. [2]
The line runs between Cambridge in the west and Norwich in the east. Thetford is situated between Brandon and Harling Road, 93 miles 50 chains (150.7 km) from London Liverpool Street via Ely. The station is managed by Greater Anglia, which operates most of the services, typically one to two trains per hour in either direction.
In addition, a limited number of peak-hour services operated by East Midlands Railway stop here between Liverpool, Manchester and Nottingham/Norwich. Hunts Cross station currently has three operational platforms. Northern Trains and East Midlands Railway services bound for Liverpool Lime Street (Liverpool to Manchester Line).