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Current railway lines in Ireland, the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man are shown in black, metro lines in red, and former routes in green Rail passengers in Great Britain from 1829 to 2023, showing the early era of small railway companies, the amalgamation into the "Big Four", nationalisation and finally the current era of privatisation
The Cambrian Line, a low volume 215 km (134 mi) rail link between Shrewsbury in the east and Aberystwyth and Pwllheli in the west, was chosen as Britain's first ERTMS line. This line was chosen as its signalling system had reached the end of its useful life, and because it is a low capacity line almost separate from the national network, making ...
Northern Rail Serco-Abellio: 12 December 2004: 31 March 2016: Arriva Rail North: NT Northern Spirit: Regional Railways North East MTL: 2 March 1997: February 2000: Arriva Trains Northern: NS North Western Trains: North West Regional Railways Great Western Holdings: 2 March 1997: March 1998: First North Western: NW ScotRail: ScotRail National ...
The Cornish Main Line was originally built by two separate railway companies, the West Cornwall Railway between Truro and Penzance, opened in 1852, and the Cornwall Railway between Plymouth and a separate station in Truro, opened in 1859. The West Cornwall Railway was itself based on the Hayle Railway, opened in 1837 as a purely local mineral ...
High-speed rail in England is provided on five upgraded railway lines running at top speeds of 125 mph (200 km/h) and one purpose-built high-speed line reaching 186 mph (300 km/h). Trains currently travel at 125 mph (200 km/h) on the East Coast Main Line , Great Western Main Line , Midland Main Line , parts of the Cross Country Route , and the ...
Great Northern Railway and London & North Western Railway Joint Line: Keekle Viaduct: River Keekle, Cumbria: 1879: Brick arch: Carried the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway across the valley of the River Keekle: Kendrum Viaduct: Kendrum Burn, Stirling: Concrete and steel arch: Carried railway over Kendrum Burn. Now cycle path. Kennington ...
The Northern and Wirral lines operate under the train operating company called Merseyrail. Suburban trains run on both the electrified lines. [25] The service operates at metro frequencies in central Liverpool and Birkenhead. The City line is operated by Northern running into Merseyside from outside the region, receiving funding from ...
Part of the route operates as a tram-train [2] [7] Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland: Tyne and Wear Metro: 30.7 77 km (48 mi) 60 2 Electric 11 August 1980 [2] Light rail West Midlands (Birmingham–Wolverhampton) West Midlands Metro: 8.3 23 km (14 mi) 31 1 Electric 30 May 1999 2/3 lines under construction. [8]