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The line from London to the Channel Tunnel is the only line designated 'high speed', although the other main routes also operate limited-stop express services. The bulk of the secondary network is concentrated in London and the surrounding East and South East regions; an area marketed by National Rail as London and the South East .
1886 (Mersey Railway) 121 km (official lines) 2 official (and one unofficial line) 68 third-rail 750 V DC A commuter rail network, in the Liverpool City Region, England. The network has 68 stations running on 75 miles of route, of which 6.5 miles are underground, forming one of the most heavily used railway networks in the UK outside London.
The Northumberland Line project is reopening a railway passenger service to Newsham (on the edge of Blyth) by 2024. Wisbech: 35,681: 1968 [83] A 2009 report stated that it was feasible to reopen the Bramley Line to March railway station for £12 million, as the line was extant but unused. Since then, little had been done and the cost had risen ...
A cross-border line which made an end-on connection with the North British Railway's line to St Boswells at Kelso Ulverston–Lakeside branch line: Furness Railway (LMS) Ulverston to Lakeside (via Greenodd and Haverthwaite) 6 September 1965: A 3 1 ⁄ 2-mile stretch of the branch, now preserved as the Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway.
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The UK's main intercity routes, the West Coast Main Line from London to Glasgow opened in 1849, and the East Coast Main Line from London to Edinburgh opened in 1860. [5] Before the Grouping in 1923, most services were operated by joint stock as various rail companies owned separate sections of track that intercity services operated over.
The Yiwu–London railway line is a freight railway route from Yiwu, China, to London, United Kingdom, covering a distance of roughly 12,000 km (7,500 miles). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This makes it the second longest railway freight route in the world after the Yiwu–Madrid railway line , which spans 12,874 km (8,046 miles). [ 3 ]
The Stourbridge Town branch line is a 0.8-mile (1.3 km) railway branch line, in Stourbridge, West Midlands, England.It is the shortest railway line in Britain. It is widely believed to be the shortest line in Europe to host a daily service, [1] although this is incorrect; it is notably beaten by the branch line to Friedrichshafen Hafen, in Germany.