Classic route
Liverpool–Norwich
Liverpool → Norwich · England
England corner to corner: five hours and a bit through Sheffield, Nottingham and the Fens, the longest all-stops cross-country ride in the country.
- Distance
- 400 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 5 h 20 min
- Average speed
- 75 km/h
- Top speed
- 145 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmLiverpool Lime Street +2
- 9 kmLiverpool South Parkway
- 20 kmWidnes
- 29 kmWarrington Central
- 55 kmManchester Oxford Road
- 56 kmManchester Piccadilly +3
- 65 kmStockport +2
- 131 kmChesterfield +2
- 147 kmAlfreton
- 176 kmNottingham +1
- 213 kmGrantham +1
- 259 kmPeterborough
- 390 kmNorwich +1
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 9498839: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 6 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: East Midlands Railway, a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Liverpool–Norwich?
The Liverpool–Norwich runs 400 km from Liverpool to Norwich.
How long does the Liverpool–Norwich take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 5 h 20 min for the 400 km. That is an average of 75 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 145 km/h.
Who runs the Liverpool–Norwich?
East Midlands Railway, with EMR Class 158.
How old is the Liverpool–Norwich?
The line has been in service since 1849. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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