Great Eastern Main Line

The Great Eastern Main Line is a major railway line in Britain. It runs from Liverpool Street Station in London to the north- east to Ipswich and Norwich. The line serves mainly commuter traffic, but is also an important route for the transport of goods.

It operate almost exclusively trains of the railway company Abellio Greater Anglia, and a handful of c2c. The 25 kV 50 Hz electrified line is expanded to four tracks between London and Shenfield, two tracks are used for long-distance and suburban services. The latter is sold as the Shenfield Metro; outside the rush hour run six trains per hour.

History

The oldest section of the Great Eastern Main Line - between Mile End and Romford - was built in 1839 by the Eastern Counties Railway ( ECR). The final stop in London was initially the Bishopsgate station, until the opening of Liverpool Street Train Station in 1874. ECR 1862 joined with other companies for the Great Eastern Railway together. This, in turn, went in 1923 in the London and North Eastern Railway ( LNER ) to.

After nationalization in 1948, the line was owned by the State Railway British Rail. In 1997 she went to the privatization on two different societies: During First Great Eastern was responsible for the suburban and medium distances, the operation of long-distance trains at Anglia Railways was. Both concessions were merged in 2004 and awarded in the new tender to one ( National Express East Anglia), which stopped operating on February 5, 2012 and was replaced by Abellio Greater Anglia.