Network Rail Route 7 (Great Eastern)

Strategic Route 7 - Great Eastern is the designation given by Network Rail to a grouping of railway lines in the East of England that encompasses the Great Eastern Main Line and its various branch lines. The route services the regional centres of Colchester, Ipswich and Norwich as well as the ports of Felixstowe and Harwich. ^[1]

Strategic route sections

The Route is divided into a number of separate Strategic Route Sections (SRS's) that are defined based on route use, infrastructure and historical lines.

Route	Strategic Route Sections (SRS)	Corresponding historical lines (whole & partial)
Route 7 - Great Eastern	07.01 - Liverpool Street – Shenfield	Great Eastern Main Line
	07.02 - Shenfield – Ipswich	Great Eastern Main Line
	07.03 - Ipswich – Norwich	Great Eastern Main Line
	07.04 - Freight Lines	freight only lines within area covered
	07.05 - Shenfield – Southend Victoria/Southminster	Crouch Valley Line, Shenfield to Southend Line
	07.06 - Braintree Branch	Braintree Branch Line
	07.07 - Harwich Branch	Mayflower Line
	07.08 - Walton and Clacton Branches	Sunshine Coast Line
	07.09 - Romford – Upminster	Romford to Upminster Line
	07.10 - Sudbury to Marks Tey	Gainsborough Line
	07.11 - East Suffolk line and Norfolk Branches	Bittern Line, East Suffolk Line, Wherry Lines
	07.12 - Felixstowe – Ipswich Yard	Felixstowe Branch Line

Railway planning

As part of Network Rail's Strategic Business Plan a Route Plan for each route, including Route 7, is published annually. The Route 7 plans for 2008^[2] and 2009^[1] are made available online.

Together with Route 5 - West Anglia and Route 6 - North London Line and Thameside the route is included in the Greater Anglia Route Utilisation Strategy.^[1]

Proposed developments

The Greater Anglia RUS includes a number of proposals for the future development of the route. In the medium term, 2009-14, this includes minor infrastructure works and additional rolling stock to allow main line peak-service trains to be extended to 12-car formation. Also included is the proposal for the extension of platforms at Stratford to handle 12 cars, to allow all main line peak-service trains to be extended to 8 or 12-car formation. In the longer term intentions are to continue the lengthening of peak trains to 12-car formation.^[3] Enhancements to the power supply of the route are intended for completion by 2012 to interface with those carried out on Route 5 and Route 6.^[4]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Route 7 - Great Eastern 2009". Network Rail. 2009. http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/StrategicBusinessPlan/RoutePlans/2009/Route%207%20-%20Great%20Eastern.pdf. Retrieved 2009-05-27. 
2. ^ "Route 7 - Great Eastern 2008". Network Rail. 2008. http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/StrategicBusinessPlan/RoutePlans/2008/Route%207%20-%20Great%20Eastern.pdf. Retrieved 2009-05-27. 
3. ^ "Greater Anglia Route Utilisation Strategy". Network Rail. http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/rus%20documents/route%20utilisation%20strategies/greater%20anglia/great%20anglia%20rus.pdf. Retrieved 2009-05-08. 
4. ^ "Enhancements programme: statement of scope, outputs and milestones". Network Rail. 2009.03.31. http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/StrategicBusinessPlan/Delivery%20Plan/2009/Enhancements.pdf. Retrieved 2009-07-01. 

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