Eastern Region

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The Eastern Region was a major administrative division of British Railways responsible for operating and managing rail services across eastern England.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Eastern Region canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative region of British Railways
railway operating region
country United Kingdom
dissolved 1992
electrificationIncluded 25 kV AC overhead electrification
750 V DC third-rail (in some suburban areas)
followed London and North Eastern Railway (in most areas)
parts of London Midland and Scottish Railway
hadMajorTerminus London King’s Cross
London Liverpool Street
London St Pancras (for some services)
hasRole management of rail services
operation of rail services
headquartersLocation London
linked to: London, England
inception 1948
languageOfWorkOrName English
locatedInAdministrativeArea England
operatedBy British Railways
linked to: British Rail
operatedIn eastern England
ownedBy state-owned British Railways
parentOrganization British Railways Board
linked to: British Rail

British Transport Commission
partOf British Railways
linked to: British Rail
railNetworkIncluded East Coast Main Line
Great Eastern Main Line
Midland Main Line (southern sections)
linked to: Midland Main Line
railServicesIncluded commuter services into London
freight services in eastern England
long-distance services on the East Coast Main Line
servedCity Cambridge
Leeds (via East Coast Main Line)
London
Norwich
Peterborough
York
servedPort Felixstowe
Harwich
Immingham
servedRegion East Anglia
Lincolnshire
Yorkshire (eastern parts)
subsequentDivisionReplacedBy InterCity sector
Network SouthEast sector
linked to: Network SouthEast

Regional Railways sector
linked to: Regional Railways

sectorisation of British Rail
usedGauge standard gauge
usedInfrastructurePreviouslyOperatedBy London Midland and Scottish Railway
London and North Eastern Railway

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

BR Standard Class 5 usedOnRegion Eastern Region
LNER Class V2 railwayRegionUnderBR Eastern Region
subject linked to: Green Arrow class