East Coast Main Line

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The East Coast Main Line is a major high-speed railway route in the United Kingdom that runs between London and Edinburgh, serving numerous key cities and regions along the east side of the country.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf inter-city rail route
railway line
alsoUsedFor freight rail transport
connectsCity Edinburgh
London
linked to: London, England
connectsRegion East of England
North East England
Scotland
Yorkshire and the Humber
country United Kingdom
electrification 25 kV AC overhead line
endPoint Edinburgh Waverley railway station
linked to: Edinburgh Waverley
formsCorridor London–Edinburgh rail corridor
hasOperator CrossCountry
Great Northern
London North Eastern Railway
ScotRail
Thameslink
TransPennine Express
historicalOperator British Rail
InterCity East Coast
London and North Eastern Railway (1923–1948)
Virgin Trains East Coast
linked to: Virgin Trains
locatedIn England
Scotland
maximumSpeed 125 mph
notableStructure Digswell Viaduct
King Edward VII Bridge
Royal Border Bridge
opened 19th century
owner Network Rail
partOf British railway network
passesThrough Alnmouth
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Darlington
Doncaster
Durham
Grantham
Newcastle upon Tyne
Peterborough
Retford
Stevenage
York
primaryUse passenger rail transport
routeNumber Route 1
startPoint London King’s Cross railway station
terminus Edinburgh Waverley railway station
linked to: Edinburgh Waverley

London King’s Cross railway station
trackGauge 1,435 mm standard gauge

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Cambridgeshire hasRailConnection East Coast Main Line
subject linked to: Cambridgeshire, England
Network Rail networkIncludes East Coast Main Line
TransPennine Express operatesRouteVia East Coast Main Line
Edinburgh Waverley isTerminusFor East Coast Main Line services
linked to: East Coast Main Line
Edinburgh Waverley isOnLine East Coast Main Line
Kirkcaldy railway station locatedOn East Coast Main Line
Scottish rail network includesLine East Coast Main Line
Markinch railway station railwayLine East Coast Main Line
Grantham, Lincolnshire, England railwayLine East Coast Main Line
British Rail notableProject East Coast Main Line electrification
linked to: East Coast Main Line
Edinburgh–Aberdeen railway route connectsWith East Coast Main Line
London King’s Cross connectsTo East Coast Main Line
A1 road parallelTo East Coast Main Line
Thameslink usesLine East Coast Main Line
Grantham railwayLine East Coast Main Line
London and North Eastern Railway operatedInArea East Coast Main Line
York railway station onLine East Coast Main Line
York railway station isMajorStopOn East Coast Main Line
Peterborough railway station onRailwayLine East Coast Main Line
subject linked to: Peterborough
Peterborough isMajorStopOn East Coast Main Line
St Neots railwayLine East Coast Main Line
Durham hasTransportLink East Coast Main Line
Stevenage servedByRailLine East Coast Main Line
Newark-on-Trent locatedOnTransportRoute East Coast Main Line
Southern Scotland hasTransportLink East Coast Main Line
subject linked to: southern Scotland
Durham, England railwayLine East Coast Main Line
Welwyn Garden City railwayLine East Coast Main Line
City of York locatedOnRoute East Coast Main Line
Edinburgh–Dundee route partOf East Coast Main Line
London North Eastern Railway operatesOnLine East Coast Main Line
Hitchin railwayLine East Coast Main Line
Edinburgh Haymarket railway station lineServed East Coast Main Line
Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England railwayLine East Coast Main Line
Grantham railway station onLine East Coast Main Line
Doncaster transportHub East Coast Main Line
Anglo-Scottish border crossedBy East Coast Main Line
Waverley Station locatedOn East Coast Main Line
River Idle crossedBy East Coast Main Line railway
linked to: East Coast Main Line
Newcastle railway station railwayLine East Coast Main Line
Dunbar railwayLine East Coast Main Line
Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland transport East Coast Main Line
Rail Express Systems operatedRoute East Coast Main Line
Berwick-upon-Tweed railwayServedBy East Coast Main Line
High Speed Train operatedOn East Coast Main Line
Tay Rail Bridge partOf East Coast Main Line
Tyne Valley line connectsTo East Coast Main Line
London–Aberdeen rail corridor network East Coast Main Line
subject linked to: London–Aberdeen
Darlington hasRailwayLine East Coast Main Line