East Coast Main Line facts for kids

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East Coast Main Line is an electrified main line between London and Edinburgh in United Kingdom. The trains on this line are operated by National Express East Coast.

Stops

Starting point at London King's Cross railway station
Stevenage
Peterborough
Grantham
Newark North Gate
Retford
Doncaster
York
Northallerton
Darlington
Durham
Newcastle Central
Morpeth
Alnmouth
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Dunbar
Finishing point at Edinburgh Waverley

Images for kids

LNER Class A3 No. 2547 Doncaster hauls the daily Flying Scotsman in 1928.
55012 "Crepello" enters King's Cross in May 1976. The Class 55 "Deltic" locomotives were the main express locomotives on the ECML between 1961 and 1981.
An InterCity 225 set on the ECML in 1991, shortly after the completion of the electrification
Royal Border Bridge, at Berwick-upon-Tweed, one of the most notable structures on the ECML.
A train operated by the former main provider of services on the line, Virgin Trains East Coast
Overview of the ECML (in blue) and other north–south mainlines in the UK
Canal Tunnels northern entrance at Belle Isle Junction
East Coast trains at London King's Cross railway station

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