Everything about The West Anglia Main Line totally explained
The
West Anglia Main Line is one of the two main lines which run from
London Liverpool Street, the other being the
Great Eastern Main Line. It runs due north from London, through the towns of
Cheshunt,
Broxbourne,
Harlow,
Bishop's Stortford and
Audley End station before reaching
Cambridge, with two branches serving
Hertford and
Stansted Airport. The line runs along the border between
Hertfordshire and
Essex for much of its length.
The line is
electrified at
25 kV AC, using overhead wires, and passenger services on the line mostly use
Class 315 or
Class 317 EMUs, although
Class 170 DMUs are used for services north from
Stansted Airport.
Passenger services on the line are provided by
National Express East Anglia, who also operate the
Stansted Express, and by
CrossCountry (formerly
Central Trains) from Stansted Airport north to Cambridge and beyond.
In London, the line also forms the Tottenham Hale branch of the
Lea Valley Lines.
Some services run south from Cambridge to Stansted Airport, via Wendons Ambo (Audley End).
Some services run from the airport to Cambridge (not London), and points further north, bypassing Stansted Mountfitchet.
If Stansted Airport's expansion go-ahead then it's planned that the Main Line will see many changes. Firstly
Bishop's Stortford,
Harlow Town and
Tottenham Hale will see changes. Such as platform extensions to accommodate 12 car trains for the Stansted Express Service only or new platforms built just for the service. Bishop's Stortford station may even be re-built. Secondary it's also planned that a lot of the line will be changed to 4 tracks from the current 2 to again increase capacity.
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