Lea Valley Lines

Lea Valley Lines
A National Express branded class 317 at Edmonton Green.
Overview
Type	Commuter rail, Suburban rail
System	National Rail
Status	Operational
Locale	Greater London East of England
Termini	Chingford Enfield Town Cheshunt London Liverpool Street Stratford
Stations	31
Services	3
Operation
Owner	Network Rail
Operator(s)	National Express East Anglia
Depot(s)	Ilford
Rolling stock	British Rail Class 315 British Rail Class 317
Technical
No. of tracks	2-4
Track gauge	Standard gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	25 kV 50hz AC Overhead lines
Operating speed	Below 75 mph (121 km/h)
Route map Legend  [v • d • e] Lea Valley Lines Legend West Anglia Main Line       Cheshunt; 14m 01ch Cheshunt Jn       14m 28ch / 13m 71ch Theobalds Grove; 13m 45ch       Waltham Cross; 12m 63ch    M25 motorway Turkey Street; 12m 16ch       Enfield Lock; 11m 65ch Carterhatch Lane       Brimsdown; 10m 61ch Enfield Town; 10m 55ch       Chingford; 10m 33ch Southbury; 10m 32ch       Ponders End; 9m 71ch Bush Hill Park; 9m 69ch       Bury Street Jn; 9m 20ch        Highams Park; 8m 52ch Edmonton Green; 8m 45ch    Formerly Lower Edmonton       Lower Edmonton (Low Level) Silver Street; 7m 75ch           Angel Road; 7m 57ch White Hart Lane; 7m 11ch       Wood Street; 7m 07ch    Northumberland Park; 6m 73ch Bruce Grove; 6m 28ch       Tottenham Hale ; 6m 00ch Seven Sisters ; 5m 48ch   Walthamstow Central ; 6m 16ch Palace Gates Line    Seven Sisters Jn; 5m 40ch     South Tottenham    Gospel Oak to Barking Line    Tottenham South Jn; 5m 41ch Stamford Hill; 5m 03ch   St James Street; 5m 55ch    Coppermill Jns; 4m 74ch Clapton Junction   Hall Farm Junction    Lea Bridge Jn    Lea Bridge Stoke Newington; 4m 16ch       Clapton; 3m 78ch Rectory Road; 3m 64ch       Clapton Tunnel Queens Road; 3m 78ch       Queens Road Tunnel    Hackney Downs North Jn; 3m 04ch Hackney Downs; 2m 78ch       Loughton Branch Jn        Great Eastern Main Line North London Line    Reading Lane Jn; 2m 55ch       Stratford     London Fields; 2m 35ch    Cambridge Heath; 1m 61ch           Bethnal Green North Jn; 1m 30ch Bethnal Green; 1m 10ch    (GEML platforms closed)            East London Line Bishopsgate Goods    Bishopsgate Low Level    0m 00ch   Liverpool Street ; 0m 00ch

The Lea Valley Lines are three commuter lines and two branches in North East London, so named because they run along the valley of the River Lee (or Lea).

History

This section requires expansion.

Route and services

All lines start at London Liverpool Street and are operated by National Express East Anglia. The routes are:

• Via Tottenham Hale. This line also forms the lower part of the West Anglia Main Line to Cambridge.
• Via Seven Sisters. This line has a branch via Temple Mills at the southern end to Stratford, diverging just south of Seven Sisters. The line splits north of Edmonton Green with one short branch to Enfield Town and the Southbury Loop to Cheshunt, where it rejoins the Tottenham Hale line.
• To Chingford.

The line is part of the Network Rail Strategic Route 5, SRS 05.02, 05.04 and part of 05.01. It is classified as a London and South East Commuter line.^[1]

A minor service occurs running on from the Seven Sisters branch to Stratford via the Gospel Oak to Barking Line and the West Anglia Main Line. This is one of only two places on the Gospel Oak to Barking Line where it is electrified.

Infrastructure

The line is double track for most of its length, with some multitrack between Hackney Downs and Liverpool Street. It is electrified at 25 kV AC using overhead line equipment and a line speed of between 40-75 mph except between Cheshunt and Coppermill junction where the linespeed is 80-105 mph. Different sections of the line have different loading gauges. Most of the line is W8, with the branches to Enfield Town and Chingford being W6 and the branch to Stratford being W9.^[1]

References

Brown, Joe (2006). London Railway Atlas. ISBN 978-0-7110-3137-1. 

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