East Coast Main Line

Tags: Railway Line.

The East Coast Main Line (ECML) is a 393-mile (632 km) long high-speed railway link between London Peterborough Doncaster Wakefield Leeds York Darlington Newcastle Edinburgh and is electrified along the whole route. Any services north of Edinburgh use diesel trains. It is classed as a high-speed railway because most of it meets the speed criterion of 125 mph (201 km/h).

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is part of

National Rail

line length (μ)

632472.0

location

Greater London, East Midlands, East of England, North East England, Yorkshire and the Humber, Central Belt, Scottish Borders

number of stations

52

opening year

1871-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

operated by

First TransPennine Express, First ScotRail, East Coast (train operating company), DB Schenker Rail (UK), Direct Rail Services, Freightliner Group, CrossCountry, GB Railfreight, Northern Rail, First Hull Trains, First Capital Connect, Grand Central Railway, East Midlands Trains

owner

Network Rail

railway rolling stock

British Rail Class 325, British Rail Class 156, British Rail Class 43 (HST), British Rail Class 153, British Rail Class 158, British Rail Class 180, British Rail Class 185, British Rail Class 321, British Rail Class 317, British Rail Class 365, British Rail Class 220, British Rail Class 221, British Rail Class 222, British Rail Class 313, British Rail Class 91, British Rail Class 142, British Rail Class 144

route end

Edinburgh

route start

London

speed limit (kmh)

201.167

type

Commuter rail, High-speed rail, Passenger rail terminology, Inter-city rail

type of electrification

25 kV AC railway electrification

voltage of electrification (V)

25000.0

latitude

51.5314

longitude

-0.1234