"and Class 317s from Abellio Greater Anglia upon the takeover of the Southbury Lines from Liverpool Street on 31 May 2015. London Overground's fleet was maintained at New Cross and Willesden depots. London Overground Rail Operations London Overground Rail Operations Limited was a train operating company contracted to operate the London Overground train service on the National Rail network, under the franchise control of Transport for London. The company was a 50/50 joint venture between Arriva UK Trains and MTR Corporation. On 20 February 2006, the Department for Transport announced that Transport for London would take over management of services"
"2018 the ""Fenman"" is still being run by Greater Anglia as the 06.17 from King's Lynn to London Liverpool Street, returning at 17.07 from London Liverpool Street to King's Lynn. Fenman The Fenman is a named passenger train operating in the United Kingdom. The ""Fenman"" was introduced by British Rail in Summer 1949. It was usually hauled by LNER Thompson Class B1 locomotives. On 15 June 1953 the 6.55am departure from London Liverpool Street broke in two at Bethnal Green between the second and third coaches. The train achieved some notoriety on 11 January 1961 when, hauled by British Rail"
"Fenman The Fenman is a named passenger train operating in the United Kingdom. The ""Fenman"" was introduced by British Rail in Summer 1949. It was usually hauled by LNER Thompson Class B1 locomotives. On 15 June 1953 the 6.55am departure from London Liverpool Street broke in two at Bethnal Green between the second and third coaches. The train achieved some notoriety on 11 January 1961 when, hauled by British Rail Class 31 diesel locomotive D5667, it failed on a northbound service just outside Audley End whilst conveying The Queen in the Royal Saloon from London to King's Lynn. The service"
"early 1970s saw The Cornishman start from Leeds on weekdays and Bradford on Saturdays. There were also changes to the route between Leeds and Sheffield, reverting to the former Midland lines rather than using a section of ex-Great Northern track. The additional stop at Wakefield Westgate which this had enabled was, however, retained. In 2006, First Great Western, now Great Western Railway began to use the Cornishman name once again, running from London Paddington to Penzance. It departs London at 15:06, calling at: Reading, Pewsey, Westbury, Castle Cary, Taunton, Tiverton Parkway, Exeter St Davids, Newton Abbot, Totnes, Plymouth, then stations"
"scheduled to start or terminate at or instead of Shenfield. The line is mostly within Greater London, with two stations in the Essex borough of Brentwood. The electric line is also used by limited services extending to and from or . These are the passenger usage statistics from the year beginning April 2002 to the year beginning April 2013. Needham Market is the only station on the line that is not served by trains to/from London. Great Eastern Main Line The Great Eastern Main Line (GEML, sometimes referred to as the East Anglia Main Line) is a major railway line"
"was rescued by an elderly steam locomotive from Cambridge, and the Queen arrived 59 minutes late into King's Lynn. Hunstanton station was closed in 1969 and the service was shortened to terminate and start at King's Lynn. The Fenman continued to operate as a named train until the cessation of through trains in the late 1980s. The name was revived for a short time on completion of electrification to King's Lynn in the summer of 1992, and the recommencement of through trains to London, this time to Kings Cross, by Network SouthEast, using by Class 317 Electric Multiple Units. In"
"Midland Main Line The Midland Main Line is a major railway line in England from London to Sheffield in the north of England. The line is under the Network Rail description of Route 19; it comprises the lines from London's St Pancras station via Leicester, Derby/Nottingham and Chesterfield in the East Midlands. Express passenger services on the line are operated by East Midlands Trains. The section between St Pancras and Bedford is electrified and forms the northern half of Thameslink (mainly operated by Thameslink and Great Northern), with a fast service to Brighton and other suburban services. A northern part"
"Great Eastern Main Line The Great Eastern Main Line (GEML, sometimes referred to as the East Anglia Main Line) is a major railway line on the British railway system which connects Liverpool Street station in central London with destinations in east London and the East of England, including , , , , and . Its numerous branches also connect the main line to , , , Harwich, and a number of coastal towns including Southend-on-Sea, , and . Its main users are commuters travelling to and from London, particularly the City of London which is served by Liverpool Street, and"
"through to Penzance. An up journey is made by the 10:00 from Penzance to London. Leaving Plymouth at 12:01, Exeter at 13:04, Taunton at 13:36 then non-stop Taunton to Reading, arriving in London at 15:44. Cornishman (train) The Cornishman was a British express passenger train to Penzance in Cornwall. From its inception in the 19th century until before World War II it originated at London Paddington. Under British Railways it became a quite different service, starting variously from Wolverhampton, Derby, Sheffield, Leeds or Bradford. ""The Cornishman"" originates from the days of Brunel's broad gauge, first running in summer 1890 between"
"Main Line, and connects Glasgow with the South, and is the rail gateway to England and the rest of the United Kingdom. Regular Virgin Trains West Coast express train services run from Central to London Euston while CrossCountry services operate via the East Coast Main Line and Birmingham to destinations as far south as Penzance. There were two additional mainline stations serving the city at one stage. One, St Enoch station, was sited at St Enoch Square not far from Central Station and parallel to the existing underground station of the same name, whilst the second, Buchanan Street station was"
"St Pancras railway station St Pancras railway station (), also known as London St Pancras and officially since 2007 as St Pancras International, is a central London railway terminus on Euston Road in the London Borough of Camden. It is the terminus for Eurostar continental services from London via High Speed 1 and the Channel Tunnel to Belgium, France and the Netherlands. It provides East Midlands Trains and Thameslink services to , and on the Midland Main Line and Southeastern high-speed trains to Kent via and , and local Thameslink cross-London services. It stands between the British Library, the Regent's"
"Euston railway station Euston railway station (; also known as London Euston) is a central London railway terminus on Euston Road in the London Borough of Camden, managed by Network Rail. It is the southern terminus of the West Coast Main Line to , , and . It is also the mainline station for services to and through , and to for connecting ferries to Dublin. Local suburban services from Euston are run by London Overground via the Watford DC Line which runs parallel to the WCML as far as . There is an escalator link from the concourse down"
"West Anglia Main Line The West Anglia Main Line is one of the two main lines from , the other being the Great Eastern Main Line to Ipswich and Norwich. It runs generally north through Cheshunt, Broxbourne, Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and (near Saffron Walden) to Cambridge, with branches serving Stratford, Hertford and Stansted Airport. The line runs along the boundary between Hertfordshire and Essex for much of its length. In the early years the line was the main route from London to Norwich, now primarily a commuter route for stations between Cambridge and London. It was an important goods route"
"provided a connection to Australia and Scandinavia. The following year, the LTSR began a service from St Pancras to . Boat trains continued to run from St Pancras until 1963, after which they were moved to Liverpool Street and Fenchurch Street. The Railways Act of 1921 forced the merger of the Midland with the London and North Western Railway (L&NWR) into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS), and the LMS adopted the LNWR's (the ""Premier Line"") Euston station as its principal London terminus. The Midland Grand Hotel was closed in 1935, and the building was subsequently used as offices"
"far as the Thames. Stations opened at Walham Green (now Fulham Broadway), Parsons Green. The line terminated at Putney Bridge & Fulham (now Putney Bridge). The line opened on 1 March 1880, in time for the University Boat Race held that year on 22 March. Initially the service was two trains an hour to Mansion House, supplemented from 1 April by two trains an hour to High Street Kensington. In 1866, permission had been granted to landowners in the Hounslow area for a ""Hounslow and Metropolitan Railway"" to connect to a proposed Acton & Brentford Railway. However, this had never"
"connect the main line to the freight line to Fiddlers Ferry Power Station, crossing the main line under Bank Quay station, where there were once low level platforms. Central station has local services to Liverpool and Manchester and express services from Liverpool to Manchester then to Yorkshire or East Anglia. The trains departing Central serve the urban-rural fringe of Warrington and Manchester, serving Birchwood, Padgate, Irlam etc. before heading into Manchester. To the west, trains serve Sankey-for-Penketh before heading into Merseyside and Liverpool. Beyond Manchester, the hourly TransPennine Express trains serve Yorkshire before terminating at Scarborough, while the hourly East"
"Ely railway station Ely railway station is on the Fen line in the east of England, serving the city of Ely, Cambridgeshire. It is from London Liverpool Street and is situated between and stations on the Fen line. It is also the terminus of three other lines: the Breckland line to , a branch line to and a branch line to . Ely is a busy station with trains running to a variety of destinations including , , Birmingham, , , Manchester and Liverpool. It is managed by Greater Anglia which is also one of four train operators that serve"
"Railway route from Birmingham to Gloucester via the Lickey Incline. With the impending closure of the Wolverhampton Low Level station the opportunity was also taken to extend The Cornishman over the former Midland line to Derby and Sheffield, and later on to Bradford Forster Square. By May 1967 departure was from Bradford Exchange at 07:06, then reversing at Leeds with a departure time of 07:36. This gave arrival times at Plymouth of 15:08 and Penzance at 17:55. In the reverse direction ""The Cornishman"" left Penzance at 11:00 and Plymouth at 13:30, arriving at Bradford at 22:07. Further changes in the"
"transferred to the Midland Railway Company and the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1912 and 1923 respectively. Particulars of the ferry service and the vessels employed are listed at Gravesend-Tilbury Ferry. London, Tilbury and Southend Railway The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (LTSR), also known as Essex Thameside, is a commuter railway line on the British railway system which connects Fenchurch Street station in central London with destinations in east London and Essex, including , , , , Tilbury, Southend and . Its main users are commuters travelling to and from London, particularly the City of London which is"
"expresses such as the Thames–Clyde Express and The Waverley. As with most railway lines in Britain, the route used to serve far more stations than it currently does (and consequently passes close to settlements that it no longer serves). Places that the current main line used to serve include Midland Main Line The Midland Main Line is a major railway line in England from London to Sheffield in the north of England. The line is under the Network Rail description of Route 19; it comprises the lines from London's St Pancras station via Leicester, Derby/Nottingham and Chesterfield in the East"
"Fen line The Fen line is a railway line in the east of England that links in the south to in the north. The line runs through Cambridgeshire and Norfolk and is so called because it passes through the Fens. It is in length and has eight stations. The line is part of the Network Rail Strategic Route 5 and comprises SRS 05.06 and part of 05.05. It is classified as a secondary line except between Cambridge and where it is classified as a London and South East commuter line. Great Northern operate through services to London King's Cross (via"
"Crossrail 2 releasing capacity on the main line for additional trains. West Anglia Main Line The West Anglia Main Line is one of the two main lines from , the other being the Great Eastern Main Line to Ipswich and Norwich. It runs generally north through Cheshunt, Broxbourne, Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and (near Saffron Walden) to Cambridge, with branches serving Stratford, Hertford and Stansted Airport. The line runs along the boundary between Hertfordshire and Essex for much of its length. In the early years the line was the main route from London to Norwich, now primarily a commuter route for"
"current Midland Main Line. It is used predominantly for freight, with a handful of passenger trains going the ""long way round"" from to via the Old Road and largely to retain staff route knowledge in case of diversions. In 1922 passenger services calling at Eckington and Renishaw were at their most intensive, with trains serving three destinations via three overlapping routes: Eckington and Renishaw railway station Eckington and Renishaw railway station is a former railway station between Eckington and Renishaw in Derbyshire, England. Three stations have at some time included ""Eckington"" in their names: The station was opened by the"
"East Coast Main Line The East Coast Main Line (ECML) is a major railway link between London and Edinburgh via Peterborough, Doncaster, York, Darlington, Durham and Newcastle; it is electrified along the whole route. The route forms a key artery on the eastern side of Great Britain and is broadly paralleled by the A1 trunk road. The original line was built during the 1840s by three separate railway companies, the North British Railway, the North Eastern Railway, and the Great Northern Railway. During 1923, the enactment of the Railway Act of 1921 led to these three companies amalgamating together to"
"station is primarily served by Great Northern as part of their service from King's Cross. Outside peak hours services run non-stop between London and Cambridge as part of a half-hourly Cambridge service; one train per hour then continues beyond Cambridge, stopping at all stations on the Fen Line to King's Lynn. A small number of services, operated by Greater Anglia during weekday peak hours, travel to Liverpool Street instead; in the past, through-trains from London always started from Liverpool Street, but services were shifted to King's Cross in the 1990s. On 9 November 2010, the Railway Cafe celebrated 100 years"
"of the Harry Potter franchise. This connection is marked by a tourist attraction within the station concourse, featuring the Platform 9¾ sign and a luggage trolley partially embedded in the station wall with an owl cage and suitcases on it. East Coast Main Line The East Coast Main Line (ECML) is a major railway link between London and Edinburgh via Peterborough, Doncaster, York, Darlington, Durham and Newcastle; it is electrified along the whole route. The route forms a key artery on the eastern side of Great Britain and is broadly paralleled by the A1 trunk road. The original line was"
"Line (on which London North Eastern Railway provides high speed inter-city services to London every half hour from the station) and is an important stop on the Cross Country Route between Scotland, the Midlands and South West England connecting to major cities such as Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Derby, Nottingham, Reading, Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth and Penzance. There are also regular inter-city services to major destinations throughout Northern England including Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle and Sheffield. It is also the terminus for trains running on the scenic Settle to Carlisle Line. Future expansion will link the station to the proposed High Speed 2"
"Cornishman (train) The Cornishman was a British express passenger train to Penzance in Cornwall. From its inception in the 19th century until before World War II it originated at London Paddington. Under British Railways it became a quite different service, starting variously from Wolverhampton, Derby, Sheffield, Leeds or Bradford. ""The Cornishman"" originates from the days of Brunel's broad gauge, first running in summer 1890 between London Paddington and in Cornwall. The down train left Paddington at 10:15, and called at Bristol at 12:45, Exeter at 14:20, at 13:50, arriving Penzance at 19:50. At 8 hours and 35 minutes for the"
"King's Lynn railway station King's Lynn railway station is the northern terminus of the Fen line in the east of England, serving the town of King's Lynn, Norfolk. It is from and measured from London Liverpool Street. The station and most trains calling are operated by Great Northern (with service to and from ), with some additional peak services being operated by Greater Anglia (to and from London Liverpool Street). It has been the only station in the town since the closure of South Lynn railway station in 1959. The Bill for the Lynn and Ely Railway received Royal Assent"
"North Kent Line The North Kent Line is a railway which runs from a junction of Britain's South East Main Line, east of St Johns railway station, Greater London to a point south-west of station by the River Medway in Medway where it links to the Chatham Main Line. The London terminus is Charing Cross station. The North Kent Line was the means by which the South Eastern Railway (SER) was able to connect its system to London at London Bridge. In 1846 the SER purchased the Thames and Medway Canal tunnel near Higham and laid railway tracks through it;"
"London, Tilbury and Southend Railway The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (LTSR), also known as Essex Thameside, is a commuter railway line on the British railway system which connects Fenchurch Street station in central London with destinations in east London and Essex, including , , , , Tilbury, Southend and . Its main users are commuters travelling to and from London, particularly the City of London which is served by Fenchurch Street, and areas in east London including the Docklands financial district via London Underground and Docklands Light Railway connections at and . The line is also heavily used by"
"responded to requests from the girls' families and erected a footbridge and installed locking gates at the foot crossing in 2007. The accident led to a complete review by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch of all pedestrian level crossings at stations. There is an hourly service every day in each direction between Cambridge and London Liverpool Street. At peak times, the service frequency increases in both directions. Elsenham railway station Elsenham railway station is on the West Anglia Main Line serving the village of Elsenham in Essex, England. It is down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated"
"Broadsman The Broadsman was a named passenger train operating in the United Kingdom. The ""Broadsman"" was introduced by the British Rail in 1950. It provided a service between London Liverpool Street and Cromer, with through coaches for Sheringham. Initially the service was relatively leisurely, departing Cromer at 6.28am, travelling via Norwich with an arrival in London at 10.16am. The return was from London Liverpool Street at 3.40pm, arriving in Cromer at 7.15pm. In 1951, the service was improved by the introduction of Britannia class locomotives, and 26 minutes was cut from the schedule. In 1952, the service was further improved"