Eastern Region

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The Eastern Region was a major administrative division of British Railways responsible for operating and managing rail services across eastern England.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Eastern Region canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative region of British Railways ⓘ
railway operating region ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved 1992 ⓘ
electrificationIncluded 25 kV AC overhead electrification ⓘ
750 V DC third-rail (in some suburban areas) ⓘ
followed London and North Eastern Railway (in most areas) ⓘ
parts of London Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ
hadMajorTerminus London King’s Cross ⓘ
London Liverpool Street ⓘ
London St Pancras (for some services) ⓘ
hasRole management of rail services ⓘ
operation of rail services ⓘ
headquartersLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
inception 1948 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeArea England ⓘ
operatedBy British Railways ⓘ
linked to: British Rail
operatedIn eastern England ⓘ
ownedBy state-owned British Railways ⓘ
parentOrganization British Railways Board ⓘ
linked to: British Rail

British Transport Commission ⓘ
partOf British Railways ⓘ
linked to: British Rail
railNetworkIncluded East Coast Main Line ⓘ
Great Eastern Main Line ⓘ
Midland Main Line (southern sections) ⓘ
linked to: Midland Main Line
railServicesIncluded commuter services into London ⓘ
freight services in eastern England ⓘ
long-distance services on the East Coast Main Line ⓘ
servedCity Cambridge ⓘ
Leeds (via East Coast Main Line) ⓘ
London ⓘ
Norwich ⓘ
Peterborough ⓘ
York ⓘ
servedPort Felixstowe ⓘ
Harwich ⓘ
Immingham ⓘ
servedRegion East Anglia ⓘ
Lincolnshire ⓘ
Yorkshire (eastern parts) ⓘ
subsequentDivisionReplacedBy InterCity sector ⓘ
Network SouthEast sector ⓘ
linked to: Network SouthEast

Regional Railways sector ⓘ
linked to: Regional Railways

sectorisation of British Rail ⓘ
usedGauge standard gauge ⓘ
usedInfrastructurePreviouslyOperatedBy London Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ
London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

BR Standard Class 5 → usedOnRegion → Eastern Region ⓘ
LNER Class V2 → railwayRegionUnderBR → Eastern Region ⓘ
subject linked to: Green Arrow class