Eastern Counties Railway

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defunct railway company railway company

Eastern Counties Railway was a 19th-century British railway company that developed key lines in eastern England, including routes serving Cambridge and London.

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defunct railway company → railway company →
country	England → United Kingdom →
endOfOperations	1862 →
fate	amalgamated →
freightService	operated goods trains →
headquartersLocation	London →
historicalPeriod	19th century →
inception	1836 →
industry	rail transport →
mainLine	London–Cambridge route → London–Colchester line → London–Norwich route →
mergedInto	Great Eastern Railway →
notableContribution	development of railways in East Anglia → established early rail connection between London and Cambridge → facilitated agricultural and coastal trade in eastern England →
passengerService	operated passenger trains →
railGauge	standard gauge →
rollingStock	steam locomotives →
servedCity	Cambridge → London →
servedCounty	Cambridgeshire → Essex → Norfolk → Suffolk →
servedRegion	East Anglia → eastern England →
servedStation	Cambridge railway station → Colchester railway station → Ipswich railway station → Norwich railway station →
servedTown	Bury St Edmunds → Chelmsford → Colchester → Ipswich → Norwich →
startOfOperations	1840 →
successor	Great Eastern Railway →
terminus	Bishopsgate railway station → London Liverpool Street station → Shoreditch railway station →
trackOwnership	owned infrastructure and track →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cambridge railway station →	openedBy