London Crosslink

London Crosslink
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Legend
Head station
Norwich
Stop on track
Diss
Stop on track
Stowmarket
Station on track
Ipswich
Station on track
Colchester
Stop on track
Witham
Station on track
Chelmsford
Stop on track
Ingatestone
Stop on track
Romford
Station on track
Stratford
Station on track
Highbury & Islington
Stop on track
Camden Road
Station on track
West Hampstead
Stop on track
Brentford
Station on track
Feltham
Station on track
Staines
Station on track
Woking
Stop on track
Farnborough (Main)
Station on track
Basingstoke
Continuation forward
South Western Main Line


An Anglia Class 170 diesel multiple unit--the type used on London Crosslink services.

London Crosslink was a train service operated by Anglia Railways, which ran between Norwich and Basingstoke, using the North London Line to by-pass central London. Class 170 "Turbostar" diesel multiple units were used. The service ran from 30 May 2000 to 11 September 2002. The service was supported with funding from the Strategic Rail Authority through its Rail Passenger Partnership fund.

Service Pattern

Due to capacity constraints on the North London Line the service only ran infrequently with uneven headways. The majority of services did not run the full length of the route, although all served Basingstoke many started or terminated at Stratford, Chelmsford, Witham, Colchester or Ipswich. Another drawback with the service was the varied stopping patterns employed; for example trains only stopped at Camden Road on weekends, Brentford calls were only made from May 2001 and then only during the morning and evening on weekdays and all-day Sundays, and Romford only received one service per day in the early morning.

There were six departures per day on weekdays, six on Saturdays and five on Sundays.[1] Below is an extract of the timetable, showing the service offered on weekdays heading eastbound:

Basingstoke 08:27 10:30 12:32 13:42 16:33 18:06
Farnborough (Main) 08:40 10:43 12:45 13:54 18:19
Woking 08:51 10:53 12:55 14:04 16:53 18:29
Staines 09:12 11:13 13:14 14:31 17:13 18:54
Feltham 09:19 11:21 13:21 14:37 17:21 19:01
Brentford 09:27 17:29 19:09
West Hampstead 09:58 11:44 13:46 14:59 17:56 19:29
Highbury & Islington 10:13 11:58 14:02 15:14 17:57 19:43
Stratford 10:29 12:15 14:23 15:35 18:14 20:02
Ingatestone 12:36 14:45
Chelmsford 11:02 12:42 14:51 20:26
Witham 12:51 20:34
Colchester 11:21 20:53
Ipswich 21:12
  1. ^ South West Trains Complete Timetable Booklet May 2001