Lea Valley lines

Lea Valley lines
Overview
StatusOperational
OwnerNetwork Rail (Anglia Route)
Locale
Termini
Stations31
Service
TypeCommuter rail, Suburban rail
SystemNational Rail
Services5
Operator(s)
Depot(s)Ilford
Rolling stock
Technical
Number of tracks2–4
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification25 kV 50 Hz AC Overhead lines
Operating speed40–50 mph (64–80 km/h)
Route map

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The Lea Valley lines are two commuter lines and three branches in north-east London, so named because they run along the Lower Lea Valley of the River Lea. They were part of the Great Eastern Railway,[2] now part of the Anglia Route of Network Rail.

On 31 May 2015, services between London Liverpool Street to Chingford, Cheshunt and Enfield Town were transferred to London Overground; services from London Liverpool Street and Stratford via Tottenham Hale remain with Greater Anglia. Services operated by London Overground are now fully operated by new-built Class 710 rolling stock, replacing older Class 315 and Class 317 stock inherited from Greater Anglia.[3] Services operated by Greater Anglia are operated by new Class 720 and Class 745 stock, replacing Class 317 and Class 379 trains.

On 15 February 2024, Sadiq Khan announced that Lea Valley line services operated by London Overground between London Liverpool Street and Chingford, Cheshunt and Enfield Town will be named the "Weaver line".

  1. ^ Railway Magazine December 1957 p. 891
  2. ^ White, H.P. (1987). Thomas, David St John (ed.). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain — Volume 3: Greater London (3rd ed.). Dawlish: David & Charles.
  3. ^ "This is what the new London Overground trains will look like". Evening Standard. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2016.

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