East Coast Main Line diagram

The East Coast Main Line is a major trunk railway in the United Kingdom, linking London with Edinburgh. A detailed diagram of the line is housed on this page for technical reasons. There were many lines connecting with collieries etc branching off the ECML. These are generally not shown.

East Coast Main Line
Legend
To Aberdeen, Carlisle, Inverness
Glasgow Central,Glasgow Queen Street
opened 1866 Edinburgh Waverley
Calton Tunnel
To Abbeyhill
To Piershill
South Leith Branch Line
opened 1837 Portobello
Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway
Joppa
New Hailes
to Musselburgh
Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway
To Smeaton
Inveresk
Levenhall Tunnel
opened 1846 Prestonpans
opened 1846 Longniddry
Haddington Branch Line
Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway
opened 1846 Drem
North Berwick Line
1849-1964 East Fortune
East Linton
Beltonford Goods
opened 1846 Dunbar
Innerwick
Cockburnspath
Penmanshiel Tunnel
Grantshouse
Berwickshire Railway
1846-1964/66 Reston
1846-1962 Ayton
Eyemouth Railway
1849-1962 Burnmouth
Scotland ¦ England
opened 1847 Berwick-upon-Tweed
Royal Border Bridge, River Tweed
Kelso Branch
1847-1964 Tweedmouth
Scremerston
Goswick
Beal
Belford
Lucker
Newham
North Sunderland Railway
Chathill
Fallodon
Christon Bank
Little Mill
Longhoughton
Alnwick Branch Line
opened 1847 Alnmouth
Warkworth
Acklington
Amble Branch Line
Chevington
Widdrington
Longhirst
Pegswood
Wansbeck Viaduct, River Wansbeck
Blyth and Tyne Railway
opened 1847 Morpeth
Wansbeck Railway
1847-1958 Stannington
Plessey
Cramlington
1878-1958 Annitsford
Killingworth
Forest Hall
Former Blyth and Tyne Railway, now Newcastle Metro
North Tyneside Loop
c.1851-1980 Heaton
Riverside Branch
North Tyneside Loop
opened 1850 Manors
1839-1850 Carliol Square
opened 1850 Newcastle Central
Tyne Valley Line via Scotswood
King Edward VII Bridge ¦ High Level Bridge, River Tyne
Gateshead
To Sunderland
To Dunston on Tyne via Tyne Valley Line ¦ Bensham Tunnel
1858-1964 Bensham
To Dunston on Tyne via Tyne Valley Line
Low Fell
Lamesley
Birtley
Chester-le-Street
Plawsworth
Leamside Line ECML until 1872
opened 1857 Durham
Lanchester Valley Railway
Deerness Valley Railway
Durham to Bishop Auckland Line
Croxdale
To Penshaw
Coxhoe Goods
Coxhoe, Line to Hartlepool
To Spennymoor
Ferryhill
To Sedgefield
Bradbury
Simpasture Branch Line
Aycliff
Tees Valley Line
Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway
opened 1825 Darlington North Road
To Eaglescliffe
opened 1841 Darlington Bank Top
Tees Valley Line
1841-1969 Croft Spa
1846-1911
c.1944-1969
Eryholme
Eryholme-Richmond branch line
Cowton
Danby Wiske
Northallerton–Eaglescliffe Line
Wensleydale Railway
opened 1841 Northallerton
Leeds-Northallerton Railway
1841-1958/64 Otterington
opened 1841 Thirsk
Leeds and Thirsk Railway ¦ Thirsk Goods
Sessay
1847-1958 Pilmoor
Pilmoor, Boroughbridge and Knaresborough Railway
Thirsk and Malton Line
Raskelf
Easingwold Railway
1841-1958 Alne
Tollerton
1841-1958/65 Beningbrough
York to Scarborough Line
Harrogate Line
York to Beverley Line
opened 1877
1927-1988
York ¦ Rowntree Halt
Derwent Valley Light Railway
1880-1989 Foss Islands Goods
1839-1959/64 Copmanthorpe
1871-1958/64 Naburn
1871-1953 Escrick
1871-1958/64 Riccall
Selby to Driffield Line
York & Selby Lines
opened 1834 Selby
Dearne Valley Line
Cawood, Wistow and Selby Light Railway
York & Selby Lines
Hull to York Line
Selby diversion
Temple Hirst
Pontefract Line
Hull and Barnsley Railway
Heck
Balne
Moss
Askern Branch Line
West Riding and Grimsby Railway
Hull and Barnsley and Great Central Joint Railway
1850-1952/64 Arksey
To Carcroft & Adwick-le-Street
Sheffield to Hull Line
Marsh Gate Goods
opened 1850 Doncaster
Sheffield to Hull Line
To Barnby Dun
Dearne Valley Railway ¦ Doncaster to Lincoln Line
1850-1958/63 Rossington
To Shireoaks
Great Northern Light Railway
1850-1958/71 Bawtry
1850-1931 Scrooby
To South Yorkshire Joint Railway
1850-1958/64 Ranskill
1850-1949 Barnby Moor and Sutton
opened 1850 Retford
Retford Low Level ¦ Sheffield to Lincoln Line
1850-1955/64 Tuxford North
1850-1950 Dukeries Junction
Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway
1850-1955/64 Crow Park
1850-1955 Carlton on Trent
opened 1846 Newark Castle ¦ Nottingham to Lincoln Line
opened 1852 Newark North Gate
Nottingham to Lincoln Line
1852-1957/64 Claypole
1855-1957 Hougham
1850-1955 Barkston
Peascliffe Tunnel
Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway
opened 1852 Grantham
1853-1959/63 Great Ponton
Stoke Tunnel
1853-1959/64 Corby Glen
Saxby to Bourne Line
1853-1959/65 Little Bytham
Edenham and Little Bytham Railway
1853-1959/66 Essendine
Stamford Branch Line ¦ Essendine Branch Line
1853-1959/ Tallington
Lincolnshire Loop Line
Syston and Peterborough Railway
Walton
Peterborough to Wisbech Line
Wisbech Jn
Westwood Jns
opened 1850 Peterborough
1858-1866 Peterborough Crescent
Nene Valley Railway ¦ Ely to Peterborough Line
Fletton Jn
Fletton Goods
1850-1959/65 Yaxley and Farcet
Ramsey Branch Line
1850-1959 Holme
1885-1958/64 Abbots Ripton
Huntingdon to Ely Line
opened 1850 Huntingdon
1883-1959/70 Huntingdon East
Huntingdon to Kettering Line
1851-1959/65 Offord and Buckden
opened 1850 St. Neots
1863-1956/65 Tempsford
Varsity Line
opened 1850 Sandy
Varsity Line
opened 1850 Biggleswade
Langford Goods
opened 1850 Arlesey & Shefford Road
1866-1959/70 Three Counties
Bedford to Hitchin Line
Hitchin Goods Jn ¦ Hitchin Jn
Cambridge Line
opened 1850 Hitchin
opened 1850 Stevenage
Hertford Loop Line
opened 1884 Knebworth
Welwyn North Tunnel
Welwyn South Tunnel
opened 1850 Welwyn North
Digswell Viaduct, River Mimram
Hertford, Luton and Dunstable Railway
opened 1926 Welwyn Garden City
Abbey Line
opened 1850 Hatfield
opened 1986 Welham Green
opened 1926 Brookmans Park
opened 1850 Potters Bar
M25 motorway
Potters Bar Tunnel
Hadley Wood North Tunnel
opened 1885 Hadley Wood
Hadley Wood South Tunnel
opened 1850 New Barnet
opened 1873 Oakleigh Park
Barnet Tunnel
opened 1850 New Southgate
Wood Green Tunnel
Hertford Loop Line
opened 1859 Alexandra Palace
opened 1850 Hornsey
opened 1885 Harringay
Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway
Edgware, Highgate and London Railway
opened 1861 Finsbury Park
Northern City Line
closed 1960
Clarence Yard Goods ¦ Gillespie Road
1852-1915 Holloway and Caledonian Road
Holloway Cattle
Copenhagen Tunnel
North London Line
Freight Terminal Junction
High Speed 1
King's Cross Loco Depot ¦ Great Northern Cemetery
King's Cross Goods
Maiden Lane temporary passenger terminus 1850-54
Gasworks Tunnel under Regent's Canal
1906-1976 Kings Cross York Road
opened 1854 London King's Cross
Thameslink to St Pancras
opened 1941 London Underground King's Cross St. Pancras
1863-1941 King's Cross (Metropolitan) [on left]
1863-1979
1983-2007
King's Cross Thameslink
London Underground ¦ City Widened Lines

Where dates for a railway station are shown as e.g. (1853-1959/64) these refer to the dates of closure to passengers and freight. Tallington station is open to freight as of 2008.