East Coast Main Line

East Coast Main Line
An LNER Azuma train at Burnmouth
Overview
Type	Commuter rail Inter-city rail
System	National Rail
Termini	London King's Cross Edinburgh Waverley
Stations	52
Operation
Owner	Network Rail
Operator(s)	London North Eastern Railway Great Northern Thameslink Hull Trains East Midlands Railway CrossCountry TransPennine Express Northern Trains ScotRail Grand Central Lumo DB Cargo UK GB Railfreight Freightliner Direct Rail Services Colas Rail
Route map (Click to expand)

East Coast Main Line is an electrified main line between London and Edinburgh in United Kingdom. The trains on this line are operated by a number of train companies.

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

East Coast Main Line Media

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  A GNR Stirling Single express locomotive of the late 19th century

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  LNER Class A1 No. 2547 Doncaster hauls the daily Flying Scotsman in 1928.

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  A Class 55 Deltic locomotive at Edinburgh in 1980; these were the main express locomotives on the ECML in the 1960s and 1970s

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  An InterCity 125 at King's Cross in 1988

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  An InterCity 225 set on the ECML in 1991, shortly after the completion of the electrification

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  Royal Border Bridge near Berwick, showing low-profile electrification equipment positioned to match the spacing of the bridge's arches.

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  Mallard, the world record-holding steam locomotive

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  Chester Burn Viaduct carries the ECML through the County Durham town of Chester-le-Street

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  Carlisle - Arriva 156463 leaving for Newcastle