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  East Coast Main Line - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The East Coast Main Line (ECML) is a major railway line in the United Kingdom, linking London and Edinburgh on a 396 mile route which runs via the East of England, Yorkshire, North East England and the Scottish Borders.
The branch line from North Berwick to Edinburgh, and
The ECML is one of the busiest lines on the rail network and there is currently insufficient capacity on parts of the line to satisfy all the requirements of both passenger and freight operators.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/East_Coast_Main_Line   (1451 words)

  
 Leamside line - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Leamside Line is a railway line in the North East of England, branching off from the main East Coast Main Line (ECML) at Tursdale Junction in County Durham, and continuing north through Sunderland, Washington and Wardley, finally joining the Newcastle to Sunderland line at Pelaw Junction.
The line's main source of revenue, as with most of the early railways, was mineral traffic, principally coal from the Durham coalfield.
It remained part of the main line until 1872 when the route was bypassed by the NER's Bishop Auckland to Gateshead line, which became part of the ECML and remains so to this day.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leamside_Line   (539 words)

  
 Keretapi Tanah Melayu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The West Coast line runs from Padang Besar on the Malaysia-Thailand Border in Perlis (where it connects with the State Railway of Thailand's network) to Singapore via Butterworth (for connections to Penang) and Kuala Lumpur.
Like the West Coast line, it is called the East Coast line because it serves two of Peninsular Malaysia's East Coast states, namely Pahang and Kelantan.
All of the lines in the KTM network are single-track, except for the section of the main line between Rawang and Seremban, and also the branch line Sentul-Kuala Lumpur-Port Klang, which is now double tracked and electrified to 25kV AC, to accommodate electric commuter trains.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ktmb   (1892 words)

  
 Railways On Line - Great Northern Railway
By 1852 the main line from London-Doncaster was open, as was the new London terminus of Kings Cross.
In 1858, the GNR line into London from Hitchin was used by the Midland Railway.
The GNR's role in the establishment of an Anglo-Scottish East Coast route was confirmed by establishment of the East Coast Joint Stock in 1860, whereby a common pool of passenger vehicles was operated by the GNR, North Eastern and North British Railways.
www.hmilburn.easynet.co.uk /enthuse/prenationalisation/lner/gnr.htm   (869 words)

  
 CRC Reef Research Centre - Status of Queensland's East Coast Fisheries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Commercial catch quotas for the east coast coral reef fin fish and Spanish mackerel fisheries were introduced on 1 July 2004, under the Fisheries (Coral Reef Fin Fish) Management Plan 2003 (the Plan) and the Fisheries Regulation 1994 (the Regulation) repectively.
Collection of data from the east coast Spanish mackerel fishery was recently expanded to include fish stocks between regions along the east coast of Queensland and at various times of the year.
Limited line fishing using one rod/line per person and one hook per line is allowed in a Conservation Park (yellow) zone, and trolling using three lines and up to six hooks to take pelagic species is permitted in a Buffer (olive green) zone.
www.reef.crc.org.au /research/fishing_fisheries/statusfisheries/statusline.htm   (1788 words)

  
 Railway Technology - East Coast Main Line Rail Route Upgrading - United Kingdom
The line also crosses challenging terrain in its southern half as it cuts through hills on the approach to the capital with numerous tunnels and a two-track viaduct at Welwyn.
The proximity of housing in the capital means that widening the line to four or six tracks would be expensive.
The East Coast Main Line is seen as a front-runner for fitting the new European Trains Control System (ETCS) which must be adopted on all 125mph routes following a European Union directive.
www.railway-technology.com /projects/eastcoast   (1083 words)

  
 Edinburgh Evening News - East Coast line hit by subsidence   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
PART of the East Coast main rail line between could be closed for up to a year two gaping holes were discovered in East Lothian.
Earlier this year the Government announced that a £100 million upgrade of the East Coast Main Line was due to be completed by 2010.
The Railtrack investigation is expected to centre on how far the mines stretch underneath the East Coast Main Line, which is used by around 16 million passengers every year.
edinburghnews.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=326802002   (684 words)

  
 CountryLink: East Coast Discovery
Also, the East Coast Discovery Pass is now available to Australian residents and includes a number of coach connections.
East Coast Discovery Pass holders are now entitled to a 50 per cent discount on one return trip to a destination west of the main CountryLink east-coast rail line.
Backtracking will now be permitted for coach journeys east of the main CountryLink east coast rail line when continuing in the direction of the pass, e.g.
www.countrylink.info /travel_passes/east_coast_discovery_pass   (654 words)

  
 Telegraph | News | 'Phantom trains' haunt drive to improve East Coast line
With capacity on the East Coast main line at a premium, it is accepted by most within the industry that there is not enough room to satisfy both GNER and the newcomer, Grand Central.
The difficulties have been compounded by Eurostar's right to five daily services on the East Coast main line, even though these trains are not running.
Chris Grayling, the Tories' transport spokesman, said: "An upgrade to the East Coast main line was a promise the Government made in its 10-year plan and has since abandoned.
www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=NORAWD5ERST0ZQFIQMGSFF4AVCBQWIV0?xml=/news/2006/04/10/nrail10.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/04/10/ixhome.html   (469 words)

  
 BBC News | UK | East Coast line 'facing chaos'
Passenger representatives are concerned about the delay in awarding the franchise for the East Coast main line.
Jim Beale, from the rail passengers' committee for the East Coast main line, told BBC News that action was urgently needed to sort out the franchise.
Both Virgin, which already runs the West Coast mainline route, and GNER had produced plans to increase capacity and cut journey times as part of their submission to the SRA in their attempt to win the franchise.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/uk/1390011.stm   (386 words)

  
 East Coast Mainline
The line also crosses challenging terrain in its southern half as it cuts through hills on the approach to London with numerous tunnels and a viaduct.
The East Coast Main Line will be closed between Newcastle and Edinburgh every Saturday and Sunday from 11/12 September until 13/14 November 2004.
Virgin is bidding for the next 20-year licence to operate the line, which is being auctioned by the Strategic Rail Authority and begins in 2003.
www.railwaypeople.com /rail-projects/east-coast-mainline-6.html   (1801 words)

  
 Train-Sim.Com Review: The Cambrian Route
The East Coast Main Line of the UK is close to the hearts of most rail enthusiasts in Britain, being steeped in history.
For myself the association with the East Coast Main Line is doubly poignant having spent a large portion of my life making the daily commute from London Kings Cross to Peterborough on the very tracks that have been modelled in addition to being an enthusiast with little hope of treatment or redemption.
As steam gave way to the relentless march of progress and was superseded in the 1960s by diesel the East Coast Main Line played host to the illustrious Class 55 Deltic locomotives which were tasked to haul the crack expresses.
www.train-sim.com /review/ece1/ece1.htm   (1209 words)

  
 East Neuk MRC Drem   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
This layout is based on the real location 'Drem' on the East Coast Main Line in East Lothian.
The layout is set in the period from electrification to the present day An appropriate selection of trains is run, including branch line services to North Berwick as well as fast passenger and freight trains on the main line.
The long stretch of main line permits full length trains to run and it is possible to put a train of 36 MGR hoppers into one or other of the loops to let a fast train pass.
www.angelfire.com /ky3/eastneukmrc/Drem.html   (306 words)

  
 Scotsman.com Business - The railways   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
TRAIN fares are likely to go up, passengers have been warned, after GNER lost a legal battle against a new competitor on the east coast main line.
TRAINS running between Edinburgh's Waverley Station and the east of Scotland were the most...
EAST Coast train operator GNER has bought eight simulators to develop the skills of its 320 train...
business.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=168&id=525672004   (476 words)

  
 Map East Coast Florida   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Map of the peninsula of Florida and adjacent islands : East Coast Line, the St. Augustine routes and connections.
Map of the peninsula of Florida and adjacent islands : East Coast Line, the...
The East Coast Greenway is a multi-user, firm-surface, inter-urban equivalent to the Appalachian Trail.
www.whispersbb.com /map-east-coast-florida.html   (357 words)

  
 Guardian | Network Rail's east coast line embargo challenged
Network Rail's belief that the busy east coast mainline cannot cope with extra traffic without infrastructure improvements has been challenged by advisers to one of the train operators seeking to run more services.
Vossloh Information Technologies argues that limits on the number of trains which can use the line are commercial rather than related to the infrastructure.
Its report argues that it should be possible to meet at least some of the requests from Grand Central - to which it is an adviser - and GNER for new slots while still leaving spare capacity for freight traffic.
www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5375095-103630,00.html   (313 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Business | | Virgin denied east coast line
The withdrawal came amid concern about the conduct of the franchise competition for the east coast mainline, which runs from London's King's Cross to Leeds, Newcastle and Edinburgh, and is considered the most prestigious of Britain's rail operations.
Sir Richard is believed to have been keen on the prospect of Virgin Trains adding the east coast line to its west coast and CrossCountry operations and had taken on Deutsche Bahn as a partner to tap its engineering expertise.
The east coast mainline is one of the few train services in Britain which is run without direct public subsidy - GNER hands the government 0.6p in profit per passenger kilometre.
business.guardian.co.uk /story/0,3604,1257375,00.html   (615 words)

  
 Guardian | Foreign firms in east coast line tussle
Railway companies from Germany and Denmark are in the running to take over inter-city services on the east coast mainline, one of Britain's busiest and most prestigious train routes, writes Andrew Clark.
Services on the "Flying Scotsman" line between London and Edinburgh are at present operated by GNER, which is owned by Sea Containers, under a franchise due to expire in May next year.
In the present contest, the SRA is likely to lay down much tougher criteria for bidders - though the biggest issue could be the replacement of GNER's fleet of trains, many of which are reaching the end of their lives.
www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4919382-103676,00.html   (306 words)

  
 The Alconbury Airfield (Rail Facilities and Connection to East Coast Main Line) Order 2003
The extension of an existing culvert carrying a watercourse under the East Coast Main Line railway along the line of the watercourse by 15 metres.
The construction of the railway connections to Alconbury Airfield from the East Coast Main Line and the provision of associated sidings, bridges and the extension of the culvert to an existing watercourse.
The construction of part of the railway connections to Alconbury Airfield from the East Coast Main Line and the provision of an associated bridge to carry the railway.
www.uk-legislation.hmso.gov.uk /si/si2003/20033364.htm   (10735 words)

  
 eBay - north east coast, Historical Memorabilia, Postcards Paper items on eBay.com
East Coast Main Line in North Notts by Terminus
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East & North Coast of Ireland Pilot - NEW - Imray ICC
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 BBC NEWS | England | Firms battle for East Coast line
GNER which currently operates trains on the East Coast Main Line faces a challenge to win a new franchise from the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA).
The new franchise for the line will run from May 2005 for seven years.
It involves providing services between London, parts of East Anglia, the East Midlands, Yorkshire, Humberside, the North East and Scotland along the East Coast Main Line and other routes.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/3693195.stm   (408 words)

  
 The Scotsman - Scotland - Minister's call to shelve east coast rail cuts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The line is of key significance to Scotland because it carries more cross-Border passengers than any other form of transport - 3.7 million a year.
Mr Stephen’s non-binding advice to the SRA states: "The east coast main line is a key cross-Border route which carries services through Edinburgh to Aberdeen, Inverness and Glasgow, and currently provides the only service at Dunbar.
The final version of SRA’s plans for the east coast route will be sent to the three remaining shortlisted bidders for the franchise - GNER, FirstGroup, which won the ScotRail franchise from incumbents National Express, and a consortium of Danish Railways and the rail freight firm EWS.
thescotsman.scotsman.com /scotland.cfm?id=842372004   (827 words)

  
 Scotsman.com News - UK - East coast main line upgrade faces delay
UPGRADING of the east coast main line between Edinburgh and London has been delayed for months because of ministers’ planned shake-up of the rail industry.
The SRA’s "route utilisation strategy" for the line is expected to include clearing the way for two trains an hour between Edinburgh and London, compared to one or two at present.
It may also tackle some of the seven major bottlenecks on the route, where other trains cross the main line, and where the busiest southern section is reduced from four to two tracks.
news.scotsman.com /uk.cfm?id=393022004   (1082 words)

  
 RedOrbit - Technology - Revamp of East Coast Main Line is Dropped
The Government was accused last night of failing in its 10-year pledge to improve transport, including the East Coast Main Line in the North.
Modernisation of the rail line has been quietly put on hold, Conservative transport spokesman Chris Grayling said.
Alnmouth Rail Users' Group chairman Peter Groves said: "This is not just about gaining better services for the local community (an improved East Coast Main Line will also benefit the economy of the region as a whole.
www.redorbit.com /news/technology/346091/revamp_of_east_coast_main_line_is_dropped/index.html?source=r_technology   (312 words)

  
 The East Coast Railway Line near Bourne, Lincolnshire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The East Coast Railway Line near Bourne, Lincolnshire
The main east coast railway line is one of the busiest in Europe and links London with Scotland and the north of England.It runs through Lincolnshire to the west of Bourne from Tallington in the south to Grantham and then on to Newark-on-Trent, just over the county border in Nottinghamshire.
There are many country level crossings for cars to cross the tracks in South Lincolnshire and train spotters need little patience to be rewarded by the sight of inter-city express trains travelling in both directions at intervals of only a few minutes.
homepages.which.net /~rex/bourne/eastcoastline.htm   (184 words)

  
 East Coast Line - [Banverket]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The Esat Coast Line runs from Stockholm via Uppsala/Gävle along the coast of Norrland to Sundsvall.
Immediately south of Rosersberg, where the Arlanda Line connects up, there are four tracks into Stockholm.
The line carries both passenger and goods trains.
www.banverket.se /templates/StandardTtH.asp?id=3608   (51 words)

  
 East Coast DataCom LINE DRIVERS
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The unit may also be utilized as a long haul Limited Distance Modem for point to point networking.
The Asynchronous Line Driver (ALD-19.2) utilizes state of the art digital CMOS technology to provide a feature filled product at a very affordable price.
www.ecdata.com /ldrivers.html   (172 words)

  
 Transport Diversions Emporium - RETFORD 1962 - 1966, East Coast Main Line   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Situated some 20 miles South of Doncaster on the East Coast Main Line from London to Edinburgh, Retford had one of the busiest crossings on the level in the country.
Enormous amounts of coal for power stations and export crossed the Main Line and traffic from Sheffield, the West Riding and the North also used its complicated junctions on its way to East Anglia and the railway port of Harwich.
In Gainsborough, a B 1 Class loco shunts the yard and we travel in the cab of a steam hauled stopping train from Retford to Sheffield Victoria, where we see Electric locos and the short lived Sheffield Pullman.
www.transportdiversions.com /publicationshow.asp?pubid=1741   (475 words)

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