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59 relations: Attleborough, Big Four (British railway companies), Brandon, Suffolk, Breckland, British Rail Class 153, British Rail Class 156, British Rail Class 158, British Rail Class 170, British Rail Class 365, Burnt Fen, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CrossCountry, Croxton, Norfolk, Diesel multiple unit, Double-track railway, East Harling, East Midlands Trains, East of England, Eastern Counties Railway, Electric multiple unit, Ely, Cambridgeshire, Ely–Peterborough line, Fen line, Great Eastern Main Line, Greater Anglia (train operating company), Ipswich–Ely line, Lakenheath, Level crossing, London and North Eastern Railway, National Rail, Network Rail, Network Rail Route 5 (West Anglia), Norfolk, Norfolk Railway, Norwich, Norwich & Brandon Railway, Norwich railway station, Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey National Grid, Passenger rail terminology, Prickwillow railway station, Quidenham, Railway electrification in Great Britain, Railway semaphore signal, Railways Act 1921, Roudham, Signalling control, Spooner Row, Suffolk, ..., Thameslink and Great Northern, Thetford, Thetford Forest, Trowse Bridge, Truck, World War I, Wymondham, Yarmouth & Norwich Railway, 25 kV AC railway electrification. Expand index (9 more) »
Attleborough
Attleborough is a market town and civil parish between Norwich and Thetford in Norfolk, England.
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Big Four (British railway companies)
The Big Four was a name used to describe the four largest railway companies in the United Kingdom in the period 1923–47.
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Brandon, Suffolk
Brandon is a small town and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk.
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Breckland
Breckland in Norfolk and Suffolk is a 39,433 hectare Special Protection Area (SPA) under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds.
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British Rail Class 153
The British Rail Class 153 ''Super Sprinter'' are single-coach diesel multiple units converted from two-coach Class 155s.
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British Rail Class 156
The British Rail Class 156 is a diesel multiple-unit train.
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British Rail Class 158
The British Rail Class 158 Express Sprinter is a diesel multiple-unit (or DMU), built specifically for British Rail between 1989 and 1992 by British Rail Engineering Limited (BREL) at its Derby Litchurch Lane Works.
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British Rail Class 170
The Class 170 Turbostar is a British diesel multiple-unit (DMU) train built by Bombardier Transportation (and previously Adtranz) at its Derby Litchurch Lane Works.
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British Rail Class 365
The British Rail Class 365 Networker Express are dual-voltage (25 kV AC and 750 V DC) electric multiple-unit trains built by ABB York from 1994 to 1995.
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Burnt Fen
Burnt Fen is an area of low-lying land crossed by the A1101 road between Littleport in Cambridgeshire and Mildenhall in Suffolk, England.
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Cambridge
Cambridge is a university city and the county town of Cambridgeshire, England, on the River Cam approximately north of London.
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Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.), is an East Anglian county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west.
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CrossCountry
CrossCountry (legal name XC Trains Limited) is a train operating company in the United Kingdom owned by Arriva UK Trains, operating the New Cross Country franchise.
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Croxton, Norfolk
Not to be confused with Croxton, Fulmodeston Croxton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, north of Thetford.
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Diesel multiple unit
A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a multiple-unit train powered by on-board diesel engines.
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Double-track railway
A double-track railway usually involves running one track in each direction, compared to a single-track railway where trains in both directions share the same track.
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East Harling
East Harling is a village in the English county of Norfolk.
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East Midlands Trains
East Midlands Trains (EMT) is a British train operating company owned by Stagecoach Group.
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East of England
The East of England is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of NUTS for statistical purposes.
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Eastern Counties Railway
The Eastern Counties Railway (ECR) was an English railway company incorporated in 1836 intended to link London with Ipswich via Colchester, and then extend to Norwich and Yarmouth.
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Electric multiple unit
An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages, using electricity as the motive power.
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Ely, Cambridgeshire
Ely is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, England, about north-northeast of Cambridge and about by road from London.
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Ely–Peterborough line
The Ely–Peterborough line is a railway line in England, linking East Anglia to the Midlands.
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Fen line
The Fen line is a railway line in the east of England that links in the south to in the north.
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Great Eastern Main Line
The Great Eastern Main Line (GEML, sometimes referred to as the East Anglia Main Line) is a major railway line on the British railway system which connects Liverpool Street station in central London with destinations in east London and the East of England, including,,,, and.
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Greater Anglia (train operating company)
Greater Anglia (legal name Abellio East Anglia Limited) is a train operating company in Great Britain owned as a joint venture by Abellio, the international arm of the state-owned Dutch national rail operator Nederlandse Spoorwegen, and the Japanese company Mitsui.
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Ipswich–Ely line
The Ipswich–Ely line is a railway line linking East Anglia to the English Midlands via Ely.
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Lakenheath
Lakenheath is a village in Suffolk, England.
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Level crossing
A level crossing is an intersection where a railway line crosses a road or path at the same level, as opposed to the railway line crossing over or under using a bridge or tunnel.
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London and North Eastern Railway
The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was the second largest (after LMS) of the "Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain.
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National Rail
National Rail (NR) in the United Kingdom is the trading name licensed for use by the Rail Delivery Group, an unincorporated association whose membership consists of the passenger train operating companies (TOCs) of England, Scotland, and Wales.
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Network Rail
Network Rail is the owner (via its subsidiary Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd, which was known as Railtrack plc before 2002) and infrastructure manager of most of the rail network in England, Scotland and Wales.
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Network Rail Route 5 (West Anglia)
Strategic Route 5 - West Anglia was the designation given by Network Rail, from 2004 to 2009, to a grouping of railway lines in the East of England that encompassed the West Anglia Main Line and its various branch lines.
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Norfolk
Norfolk is a county in East Anglia in England.
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Norfolk Railway
The Norfolk Railway was an early railway company that controlled a network of 94 miles around Norwich, England.
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Norwich
Norwich (also) is a city on the River Wensum in East Anglia and lies approximately north-east of London.
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Norwich & Brandon Railway
The Norwich & Brandon Railway (N&BR) was the second railway in Norfolk, England, after the Yarmouth & Norwich Railway (Y&NR).
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Norwich railway station
Norwich railway station (formerly Norwich Thorpe) is the eastern terminus of the Great Eastern Main Line in the East of England, serving the city of Norwich, Norfolk.
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Ordnance Survey
Ordnance Survey (OS) is a national mapping agency in the United Kingdom which covers the island of Great Britain.
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Ordnance Survey National Grid
The Ordnance Survey National Grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references used in Great Britain, distinct from latitude and longitude.
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Passenger rail terminology
Various terms are used for passenger rail lines and equipment-the usage of these terms differs substantially between areas.
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Prickwillow railway station
Prickwillow railway station was located on the line between and in Cambridgeshire, England.
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Quidenham
Quidenham is a small rural village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.
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Railway electrification in Great Britain
Railway electrification in Great Britain began during the late 19th century.
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Railway semaphore signal
Semaphore is of the earliest forms of fixed railway signals.
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Railways Act 1921
The Railways Act 1921 (c. 55), also known as the Grouping Act, was an Act of Parliament enacted by the British government and intended to stem the losses being made by many of the country's 120 railway companies, move the railways away from internal competition and retain some of the benefits which the country had derived from a government-controlled railway during and after the Great War of 1914–1918.
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Roudham
Roudham is a small settlement in Norfolk, England, part of the civil parish of Roudham and Larling in the district of Breckland.
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Signalling control
On a rail transport system, signalling control is the process by which control is exercised over train movements by way of railway signals and block systems to ensure that trains operate safely, over the correct route and to the proper timetable.
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Spooner Row
Spooner Row is a small village in the English county of Norfolk.
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Suffolk
Suffolk is an East Anglian county of historic origin in England.
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Thameslink and Great Northern
Thameslink and Great Northern are the brand names used by the Govia Thameslink Railway train operating company on the Thameslink and Great Northern routes of the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern franchise, previously operated by First Capital Connect.
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Thetford
Thetford is a market town and civil parish in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England.
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Thetford Forest
Thetford Forest is the largest lowland pine forest in Britain and is located in a region straddling the north of Suffolk and the south of Norfolk in England.
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Trowse Bridge
Trowse swing bridge is a single-track railway bridge which carries the Great Eastern Main Line over the River Wensum just outside Norwich in the United Kingdom at.
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Truck
A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle designed to transport cargo.
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World War I
World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.
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Wymondham
Wymondham is a market town and civil parish in Norfolk, England, southwest of Norwich, just off the A11 road from Norwich to London which now bypasses the town.
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Yarmouth & Norwich Railway
The Yarmouth & Norwich Railway (Y&NR) was the earliest railway in Norfolk, England.
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25 kV AC railway electrification
25 kV alternating current electrification is commonly used in railway electrification systems worldwide, especially for high-speed rail.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breckland_line
