Talk:Great Eastern Main Line
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[edit] Norwich Victoria?
Just wondering - why is Norwich Victoria shown on the diagram? I wasn't even aware that the station existed any more. --saxsux (talk) 22:13, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
- Its to show it used to exist. Simply south (talk) 22:21, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Map
I'm not sure if this is meant to show actual services or combinations, but as it stands it's a little confusing to show stations like Forest Gate as only being on the suburban line when there are also platforms serving the main (which often get used for suburban services at weekends). If only one set of tracks is given the suburban stations then the closed stations west of Bow Junction would make more sense to be on the same line as them since that was how the railway actually operated at the time. Timrollpickering (talk) 22:22, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
- There is a problem with that as it implies that services going beyond Shenfield stop on the metro stations. Anywikiuser (talk) 19:47, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
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- Well it comes back to what the map is supposed to be for, but I'm not too happy with trying to arrange the maps on the basis of current through services as on some lines it gets ridiculously complicated (and can change almost every year when various branches and route combinations are altered) and somewhat anachronistic (e.g. the indication that Coborn Road, Globe Road and Bishopsgate Low Level were on the fast tracks only, when it would be more less inaccurate to put them on the same line as the stopping stations since that was actually the service then). There does seem to be a lot of uncertainty as to what the line diagrams are trying to indicate.
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- On a similar note, there's a connection to the Gospel Oak to Barking line east of Forest Gate, which is regularly used for freight (and some late night services to Barking when Fenchurch Street is closed) - is anyone able to add this to the map? Timrollpickering (talk) 21:30, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
