Eastern Counties Railway

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

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railway company
railway company
country England
United Kingdom
endOfOperations 1862
fate amalgamated
freightService operated goods trains
headquartersLocation London, England
surface form: London
historicalPeriod 19th century
inception 1836
industry rail transport
mainLine West Anglia Main Line
surface form: London–Cambridge route

London–Colchester line
Breckland line
surface form: 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, England
surface form: Cambridge

London, England
surface form: London
servedCounty Cambridgeshire, England
surface form: 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 Shoreditch railway station
surface form: Bishopsgate railway station

London Liverpool Street
surface form: London Liverpool Street station

Shoreditch railway station
trackOwnership owned infrastructure and track

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Cambridge railway station openedBy Eastern Counties Railway
Ely railway station originalOperator Eastern Counties Railway
Great Eastern Railway predecessor Eastern Counties Railway
Great Eastern Railway predecessor Eastern Counties Railway
this entity surface form: East Anglian Railway
Shippea Hill railway station originalOperator Eastern Counties Railway
Great Eastern Main Line formerName Eastern Counties Railway
this entity surface form: Eastern Counties main line
Shoreditch railway station railwayLine Eastern Counties Railway
Shoreditch railway station originalCompany Eastern Counties Railway
Chelmsford railway station originalCompany Eastern Counties Railway
March railway station originallyOpenedBy Eastern Counties Railway
Whittlesea railway station originallyOpenedBy Eastern Counties Railway
Stratford station originalOperator Eastern Counties Railway
London and Blackwall Railway connectedTo Eastern Counties Railway