ER

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British Rail region administrative division of British Railways

ER is the abbreviation used to designate the Eastern Region of British Rail, a major administrative division of the former British railway network covering eastern England.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Eastern Region	0

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Rail region ⓘ British Rail region ⓘ administrative division of British Railways ⓘ
abbreviation	ER NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
coversArea	eastern England ⓘ
dateFormed	1948 ⓘ
dissolvedInPractice	mid-1980s ⓘ
dissolvedLegally	1990s ⓘ
electrificationSystem	25 kV AC overhead (main lines) ⓘ 750 V DC third rail (some suburban routes) ⓘ
formedBy	Transport Act 1947 NERFINISHED ⓘ nationalisation of British railways ⓘ
formedFrom	LNER NERFINISHED ⓘ London and North Eastern Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName	Eastern Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation	London NERFINISHED ⓘ London Liverpool Street NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesArea	Derbyshire (parts) ⓘ East Anglia NERFINISHED ⓘ Lincolnshire NERFINISHED ⓘ London commuter belt (eastern and northern) NERFINISHED ⓘ Nottinghamshire (parts) NERFINISHED ⓘ Yorkshire (parts) NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainLine	East Coast Main Line (southern section) NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Eastern Main Line NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Northern Main Line NERFINISHED ⓘ Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway (residual parts) NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableService	commuter services to East Anglia ⓘ long-distance services on the East Coast Main Line ⓘ
ownerDuringOperation	state-owned railway system of the United Kingdom ⓘ
parentOrganization	British Railways Board NERFINISHED ⓘ British Transport Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	British Rail regional structure NERFINISHED ⓘ British Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryLondonTerminus	London Fenchurch Street NERFINISHED ⓘ London King’s Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ London Liverpool Street NERFINISHED ⓘ Moorgate NERFINISHED ⓘ
railwayGauge	standard gauge ⓘ
railwayOperator	British Rail NERFINISHED ⓘ British Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
successor	InterCity sector ⓘ Network SouthEast NERFINISHED ⓘ Regional Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ privatised train operating companies in eastern England ⓘ
trafficType	freight ⓘ passenger ⓘ

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British Rail Eastern Region → railwayRegionCode → ER ⓘ