Anglia
The Anglia route covers five main corridors through Greater London, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk
Outside London, Anglia has the fastest growing employment in England. The investment we’re making as part of our Railway Upgrade Plan will improve passenger services and help deliver economic growth, reduced environmental impact and regeneration of communities.
The Anglia route takes in the railway from London Liverpool Street station, which we own and manage, to Norwich, Cambridge, Hertford, Southend, Stansted Airport and the Port of Felixstowe; services into Essex from London Fenchurch Street; and Overground services from Stratford to Richmond.
London Liverpool Street is the capital’s third busiest station, with 63.6 million passenger journeys passing through every year.
Main railway lines:
- the Great Eastern Mainline from Liverpool Street to Norwich and branches
- the Cross-country Corridor via Ely from Ipswich/Norwich to Cambridge/Peterborough
- the West Anglia Mainline from Liverpool Street to Cambridge, Kings Lynn and branches
- the Orbital Routes, comprising the North London line from Stratford to Richmond and the Barking to Gospel Oak line
- the Essex Thameside line from Fenchurch Street to Shoeburyness via Upminster and Tilbury.
Safety
We work closely with local communities to promote safety by the railway. Find out more on our community safety page.
Projects in Anglia
Anglia OLE renewals
Replacing the overhead wires between London Liverpool Street, Chelmsford and Southend Victoria. Southend Victoria branch line As part of our...
Hackney Wick station
Newly redeveloped Hackney Wick station opened, 20 May 2018 Passengers at Hackney Wick can now get to their trains more...
Lee Valley Rail Programme
As part of our Railway Upgrade Plan, we’re delivering £170m of improvements across the Upper Lee Valley from 2017 to...
Anglia level crossing proposals
We have been working to reduce the risk that level crossings pose and have developed proposals to manage the possible...
Norwich, Yarmouth, Lowestoft re-signalling
We’re upgrading signalling across Norwich, Yarmouth and Lowestoft between October 2017 and Spring 2019. This £68m investment to upgrade the...
Gospel Oak to Barking electrification
Network Rail has completed the electrification works to the Gospel Oak to Barking line Network Rail has completed this programme...
Crossrail
With the Elizabeth line open fully in 2019, 1.5 million more people will be able to get to central London...
Felixstowe branch line
We're improving the Felixstowe branch line as part of our Railway Upgrade Plan so more goods can be transported by...
Gipsy Lane level crossing closure feasibility...
We are currently exploring potential options for the closure of the Public Footpath level crossing at Gipsy Lane, Needham Market....
Crossrail 2
The proposed Crossrail 2 project would add capacity and reduce rail journey times between south west and north east London...
East West Rail
How the East West Rail project will make travel across Britain easier. The East West Rail scheme will re-establish a...
Cambridge North station
Cambridgeshire’s newest station opened 21 May 2017. We delivered Cambridge North station as part of the Railway Upgrade Plan. The...
Anglia track renewals
We’re renewing sections of track and track components across Anglia for a safer and more reliable railway Our modern engineering...
Anglia news
Major rail upgrades completed at Witham...
Major upgrades have been carried out at Witham, Essex to make the Norwich to London main line more reliable and...
CCTV shows distracted drivers risking their...
CCTV footage released by Network Rail today shows the impact of being distracted at level crossings as new research reveals...
Network Rail’s leaf-busting teams prepare to...
Network Rail is carrying out a plan of action across Anglia to combat leaves on the line which can cause...
Suffolk level crossing reopens following a...
Network Rail is urging level crossing users to stay safe as a level crossing on the Felixstowe branch line reopens...
Transformation of Wherry lines continues with...
Network Rail is preparing to deliver the next phase of works to upgrade the signaling systems and track as part...
Major rail upgrades completed at Colchester...
Major upgrades have been carried out at Colchester to make the busy Norwich to London main line more reliable and...
Reliability improvements following major upgrades on...
Network Rail engineers completed an array of improvements on the Norwich to London main line over the three-day bank holiday...
Network Rail gets green light enable...
Network Rail has secured permission to build a new bridleway bridge across the Felixstowe branch line to provide a safe public route...
Work to install new track between...
Work to install a new track on the West Anglia main line as part of Network Rail’s £170m Lee Valley...
August upgrades: spotlight on Anglia
This August bank holiday we’re making vital improvements to our Anglia route. Works over the bank holiday weekend and in...
Southend Victoria line set for installation...
A total of 19km of new overhead wires is planned to be installed between Mountnessing and Wickford on the Southend...
Major track upgrade for Norwich to...
Vital track improvements will take place between Manningtree and Witham this August bank holiday weekend and over the Autumn months,...
Chalkwell station footbridge reopens following repairs
The footbridge at Chalkwell station on the line between Fenchurch Street and Shoeburyness reopened today (Friday 27 July) following repair...
Goodmayes station to close for eight...
Goodmayes station will close from Sunday 5 August to Sunday 12 August (inclusive) while the footbridge undergoes essential strengthening work.
Life-saving campaign launched as youths accessing...
Alarming new figures show that the number of young people taking risks on the railway track has more than doubled...
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