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. 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.
The East Anglian Railway Museum is a museum located at Chappel and Wakes Colne railway station in Essex,England,which is situated on the former Great Eastern Railway branch line from Marks Tey to Sudbury. Services on the Sudbury Branch Line are operated by Abellio Greater Anglia.
The Gainsborough line is the current marketing name of the Sudbury branch line,a railway branch line off the Great Eastern Main Line in the east of England,that links Marks Tey in Essex with Sudbury in Suffolk. It is 11 miles 53 chains (18.77 km) in length and single-track throughout. The line's Engineer's Line Reference is SUD.
Cambridge railway station is the principal station serving the city of Cambridge in the east of England. It stands at the end of Station Road,1 mile (1.6 km) south-east of the city centre. It is the northern terminus of the West Anglia Main Line,55 miles 52 chains (89.6 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street,the southern terminus.
The Eastern Union Railway (EUR) was an English railway company,at first built from Colchester to Ipswich;it opened in 1846. It was proposed when the earlier Eastern Counties Railway failed to make its promised line from Colchester to Norwich. The businessman John Chevallier Cobbold and the engineer Peter Bruff were prominent in launching the company. The allied but nominally independent Ipswich and Bury Railway built a line onwards to Bury St Edmunds,also opening in 1846,and soon amalgamated with the EUR.
Marks Tey railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML) in the East of England,serving the large village of Marks Tey,Essex. It is 46 miles 49 chains (75.02 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and on the GEML is situated between Kelvedon to the west and Colchester to the east. Marks Tey is also the southern terminus of the Gainsborough Line to Sudbury. Its three-letter station code is MKT. The "up" (London-bound) platform 1 has an operational length for nine-coach trains,the "down" (Colchester-bound) platform 2 can accommodate 11-coach trains and platform 3 has an operational length for two-coach trains.
Sudbury railway station is the northern terminus of the Gainsborough Line,a branch off the Great Eastern Main Line in the East of England,serving the town of Sudbury,Suffolk. It is 11 miles 67 chains (19.05 km) down the line from the southern terminus of Marks Tey and 58 miles 32 chains (93.99 km) measured from London Liverpool Street;the preceding station on the branch is Bures. Its three-letter station code is SUY. The platform has an operational length for two-coach trains.
Peter Schuyler Bruff was an English civil engineer and land developer remembered primarily for his part in establishing the East Anglian railway networks between the 1840s and 1860s. His contribution to the region's infrastructure and development extended far beyond the railways,however,and included the renovation of the Colchester water supply (1851-1880) and the Ipswich sewerage system,the development of the town of Harwich and the Essex resorts of Walton-on-the-Naze and Clacton on Sea,and the late Victorian revival of the Coalport porcelain factory in Shropshire,which he purchased in 1880.
Bures railway station is on the Gainsborough Line,a branch off the Great Eastern Main Line to Sudbury,in the East of England,serving the village of Bures,which straddles the counties of Essex and Suffolk.
Colchester railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML) in the East of England,and is the primary station serving the city of Colchester,Essex. Its three-letter station code is COL. It is 51 miles 52 chains (83.1 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and on the GEML is situated between Marks Tey to the west and Manningtree to the east. Colchester is also the location of a major junction where the GEML links to the Sunshine Coast Line,which runs south to Clacton-on-Sea and,via a short branch,to Walton-on-the-Naze;services to and from Colchester Town also join the GEML at the Colchester junction. The junction is grade-separated so trains branching to and from Colchester Town or the Sunshine Coast Line do not need to use the main line's tracks to cross it.
Hythe railway station in Essex is on the Sunshine Coast Line,a branch of the Great Eastern Main Line in the East of England,serving Hythe and other eastern areas of Colchester. It is 53 miles 49 chains (86.3 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street. Its three-letter station code is HYH.
Mistley railway station is on the Mayflower Line,a branch of the Great Eastern Main Line in the East of England,serving the village of Mistley,Essex. It is 61 miles 14 chains (98.45 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Manningtree to the west and Wrabness to the east. Its three-letter station code is MIS.
Chappel is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex,England. The River Colne flows through the village. It is significant for its Victorian viaduct,which crosses the Colne valley.
The Colne Valley and Halstead Railway (CVHR) is a closed railway between Haverhill,Suffolk and Chappel and Wakes Colne,Essex,in England.
The Stour Valley Railway is a partially closed railway line that ran between Shelford,near Cambridge,and Marks Tey in Essex,England. The line opened in sections between 1849 and 1865. The route from Shelford to Sudbury closed on 6 March 1967 leaving only the section from Sudbury to Marks Tey,known as the Gainsborough Line,in operation.
The Long Melford–Bury St Edmunds branch line was a railway between Long Melford on the Stour Valley Railway and Bury St Edmunds on the Ipswich to Ely Line. The line opened on 9 August 1865 and closed to passengers on 10 April 1961 and freight on 19 April 1965.
Fotherby Halt was a railway halt on the East Lincolnshire Railway which served the village of Fotherby in Lincolnshire between 1905 and 1961. The station was opened on the site of a previous station named Fotherby Gate House which had closed in 1872. The second station closed in 1961,but the line through it remained open for freight until December 1980. The line through the station could be reopened by the Lincolnshire Wolds Railway as part of its extension south from Ludborough to Louth.
Wakes Colne is a village in Essex,England which sits on the River Colne. It is situated next to the village of Chappel,with which it shares Chappel and Wakes Colne railway station.
The Little Cornard derailment occurred on 17 August 2010 when a passenger train collided with a road vehicle on a level crossing on the Gainsborough Line near Little Cornard,Suffolk,and partly derailed. The vehicle,a tanker lorry,had begun crossing over the track when the Class 156 train from Sudbury destined for Marks Tey struck it whilst travelling at a speed of approximately 40 miles per hour (64 km/h).
The Chappel Viaduct is a railway viaduct that crosses the River Colne in the Colne Valley in Essex,England. It carries the Gainsborough Line which now is a short branch linking Marks Tey in Essex to Sudbury in Suffolk. The line previously,however,extended to Shelford in Cambridgeshire.
46,258
4,090
