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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 .
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 Northumberland Line is a railway in North East England; it has reintroduced passenger rail services to lines in South East Northumberland that had for many years been freight-only. Under the scheme, a new passenger service links some of Northumberland's major population centres in Ashington and Blyth to the nearby city of Newcastle upon Tyne .
Carries London-Brighton Railway Line across the Ouse Valley: Ballochmyle Viaduct: River Ayr, East Ayrshire: 145 m (476 ft) 1848: Cat. A: Highest extant railway viaduct in Britain. Formerly largest masonry arch in the world. Bann Bridge: Coleraine, County Londonderry: 1924: Bascule bridge carrying the NI Railways Belfast–Derry line over the ...
The first electric railway in Great Britain was Volk's Electric Railway in Brighton, a pleasure railway, which opened in 1883, still functioning to this day.The London Underground began operating electric services using a fourth rail system in 1890 on the City and South London Railway, now part of the London Underground Northern line.
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 ]
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Proposed railway lines in London (3 C, 11 P) Pages in category "Proposed railway lines in England" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.