West Anglia Main Line - West Anglia Main Line Services - B

West Anglia Main Line - B

West Anglia Main Line Services

Services from Liverpool Street to Cambridge, Hertford East and Stansted Airport are operated by Greater Anglia.
Express services from Liverpool Street to Stansted Airport are operated by Stansted Express, a sub-brand of Greater Anglia.
Services from Stansted Airport to Cambridge (and onward to Birmingham New Street via Peterborough) are operated by CrossCountry.
The line is part of the Network Rail Strategic Route 5, which comprises SRS 05.01 and part of 05.05. It is classified as a London and South East commuter line.
In London, the line forms the Tottenham Hale branch of the Lea Valley Lines.

The weekday services on the mainline are as follows:

GA West Anglia

London Liverpool Street - Hertford East 2 tph

Hackney Downs, Tottenham Hale, Ponders End, Brimsdown, Enfield Lock, Waltham Cross, Cheshunt, Broxbourne, Rye House, St Margarets, Ware

Stratford - Meridian Water 2 tph

Lea Bridge, Tottenham Hale, Northumberland Park

Stratford - Bishop's Stortford 1 tph

Lea Bridge, Tottenham Hale, Waltham Cross, Cheshunt, Broxbourne, Harlow Town, Sawbridgeworth

Stratford - Bishop's Stortford 1 tph

Lea Bridge, Tottenham Hale, Northumberland Park, Enfield Lock, Cheshunt, Broxbourne, Roydon, Harlow Town, Harlow Mill, Sawbridgeworth

London Liverpool Street - Cambridge North 1 tph

Tottenham Hale, Cheshunt, Broxbourne, Harlow Town, Bishop's Stortford, Audley End, Whittlesford Parkway, Cambridge

London Liverpool Street - Cambridge North 1 tph

Tottenham Hale, Cheshunt, Broxbourne, Roydon, Harlow Town, Harlow Mill, Sawbridgeworth, Bishop's Stortford, Stansted Mountfitchet, Elsenham, Newport, Audley End, Great Chesterford, Whittlesford Parkway, Shelford, Cambridge

London Liverpool Street - Ely (Monday - Friday) 4 tpd

Tottenham Hale, Broxbourne, Bishop's Stortford, Audley End, Whittlesford Parkway, Cambridge, Waterbeach (One PM train calls at all stations from Cheshunt to Ely, another calls at all stations from Elsenham to Ely).

GA Regional

Stansted Airport - Norwich 1 tph

Audley End, Whittlesford Parkway, Cambridge*, Cambridge North, Ely, Shippea Hill (1 tpd), Lakenheath (1 tpd), Brandon, Thetford, Harling Road (2/1 tpd), Eccles Road (3/1 tpd), Attleborough, Spooner Row (2/1 tpd), Wymondham*

Stansted Express

London Liverpool Street - Stansted Airport 2 tph

Tottenham Hale, Harlow Town, Bishop's Stortford, Stansted Mountfitchet (1tph)

Cross Country

Stansted Airport - Birmingham New Street 1 tph

Cambridge*, Ely, Manea (4tpd), March, Whittlesea (4/2 tpd), Peterborough, Stamford, Oakham, Melton Mowbray, Leicester, South Wigston, Narborough, Hinckley, Nuneaton, Coleshill Parkway

London Overground

London Liverpool Street to Enfield Town 2 tph

Bethnal GreenCambridge HeathLondon FieldsHackney DownsRectory RoadStoke NewingtonStamford HillSeven SistersBruce GroveWhite Hart LaneSilver StreetEdmonton GreenBush Hill Park

London Liverpool Street to Cheshunt 2 tph

Bethnal GreenCambridge HeathLondon FieldsHackney DownsRectory RoadStoke NewingtonStamford HillSeven SistersBruce GroveWhite Hart LaneSilver StreetEdmonton GreenSouthburyTurkey StreetTheobalds Grove

London Liverpool Street to Chingford 4 tph

Bethnal GreenHackney DownsClaptonSt James StreetWalthamstow CentralWood StreetHighams Park

West Anglia Main Line Infrastructure

The line was initially 5 ft (1,524 mm) gauge, but between 5 September and 7 October 1844 it was converted to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge.

Currently, the line has double track for most of its length, with two exceptions at Stansted Airport Tunnel and at Ware. There is also a short section of quadruple track between Hackney Downs and Bethnal Green, from which the West Anglia Main Line runs alongside the Great Eastern Main Line to London Liverpool Street as two of six tracks into the termini. The line is electrified at 25 kV AC and has a loading gauge of W8 except for the Stansted branch, which is W6.

Line-side train monitoring equipment includes hot axle box detectors (HABD) on the up main south of Newport (39 miles 48 chains from Liverpool Street) and on the down main north of Shepreth Branch Junction (53 miles 10 chains). There are no wheel impact load detectors (WILD) ‘Wheelchex’ on the line.

West Anglia Main Line Overview

West Anglia Main Line Status: Operational

Owner: Network Rail

West Anglia Main Line Locale:

Greater London

East of England

West Anglia Main Line Termini:

Liverpool Street, London

Cambridge

West Anglia Main Line Stations: 28

West Anglia Main Line Service Type: Commuter rail, Suburban rail

West Anglia Main Line System: National Rail

West Anglia Main Line Operator(s):

Greater Anglia

(Stansted Express)

CrossCountry

West Anglia Main Line Rolling Stock:

Class 170 "Turbostar"

Class 710 "Aventra"

Class 720 "Aventra"

Class 745 "FLIRT"

Class 755 "FLIRT"

West Anglia Main Line Number of Tracks: 2–4

West Anglia Main Line Track Gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge

West Anglia Main Line Electrification: 25 kV 50 Hz AC OHLE

West Anglia Main Line Operating Speed: 80 mph (130 km/h) maximum

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