Classic route
Great Eastern Main Line
London → Norwich · England
“Norwich in 90”: East Anglia’s main line across Constable country with its all-new Swiss-built FLIRT fleet. A whole English region in one green run.
- Distance
- 185 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 1 h 50 min
- Average speed
- 101 km/h
- Top speed
- 160 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmLondon Liverpool Street +1
- 83 kmColchester
- 95 kmManningtree
- 110 kmIpswich
- 130 kmStowmarket
- 153 kmDiss
- 185 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 10078128: 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 4 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of the scheduled train on this line
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Great Eastern Main Line?
The Great Eastern Main Line runs 185 km from London to Norwich.
How long does the Great Eastern Main Line take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 1 h 50 min for the 185 km. That is an average of 101 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.
Who runs the Great Eastern Main Line?
Greater Anglia, with Stadler FLIRT intercity.
How old is the Great Eastern Main Line?
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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