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.

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.

East Coast Main Line
to Carlisle, Glasgow, Aberdeen & Inverness Edinburgh Waverley Calton Tunnels Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Abbeyhill to Leith Central St Margaret's Piershill Jock's Lodge Craigentinny TMC South Leith Branch Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway Portobello (NBR) Portobello Junction NBR Lothian Lines to Niddrie Waverley Route to Brunstane Joppa Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway Musselburgh branch to Edinburgh, Loanhead and Roslin Railway Musselburgh River Esk Macmerry Branch Inveresk Wallyford (1st) Wallyford Dophingstone Deviation Prestonpans Seton Seton Mains Halt Longniddry Haddington line Ballencrieff Gullane branch Drem North Berwick branch East Fortune East Linton East Linton (1st) Dunbar Innerwick Cockburnspath Penmanshiel Tunnel Grantshouse Reston (1st) Duns Branch Reston Ayton Eyemouth Railway Burnmouth Scotland England Berwick-upon-Tweed opened 1847 Royal Border Bridge over River Tweed Kelso Branch Tweedmouth 1847–1964 Scremerston Goswick Beal Smeafield Crag Mill 1862–1877 Belford Lucker Newham North Sunderland Railway Chathill Fallodon Christon Bank Little Mill Longhoughton Lesbury 1847–1850 Alnwick branch line Alnmouth opened 1847 Warkworth Acklington Amble branch line Chevington Widdrington Longhirst Ashington Colliery Junction 1871-1878 Pegswood Wansbeck Viaduct over River Wansbeck Morpeth opened 1847 Wansbeck Railway Blyth and Tyne Railway Stannington 1847–1958 Plessey Cramlington Annitsford 1878–1958 Killingworth Forest Hall Blyth and Tyne Railway Tyne & Wear Metro on former route of Blyth and Tyne Railway Tyne & Wear Metro North Tyneside Loop Heaton Junction Heaton TMD Chillingham Road c. 1851–1980 Heaton Byker Byker Riverside Branch Ouseburn Viaduct Byker Viaduct Jesmond Jesmond   stock exchange line Quayside Branch Line Tyne & Wear Metro   to St James Manors Manors opened 1850 junction with Blyth and Tyne Railway 1839–1850 Carliol Square opened 1850 Newcastle Tyne Valley line via Scotswood King Edward VII Bridge over River Tyne High Level Bridge over River Tyne Gateshead Gateshead TMD Gateshead Gateshead Stadium Tyneside Control Centre Durham Coast Line to Sunderland Tyne Valley line to Dunston on Tyne Bensham 1858–1964 Low Fell Sidings Low Fell Lamesley Tyne Yard Birtley Stanhope and Tyne Railway to Consett Chester-le-Street Plawsworth Leamside line ECML until 1872 Durham opened 1857 Lanchester Valley Railway Dearness Valley Junction Deerness Valley Railway Bridgehouse Junction Durham to Bishop Auckland Line Croxdale Viaduct over River Wear Croxdale Leamside line to Penshaw Coxhoe Goods West Cornforth GNEC&HJR to Hartlepool to Spennymoor Ferryhill to Sedgefield Bradbury Simpasture branch line Tees Valley line Aycliffe Darlington & Barnard Castle Rly opened 1825 Darlington North Road to Fighting Cocks Darlington Bank Top opened 1841 Tees Valley line Croft Junction Yard Croft Spa 1841–1969 Eryholme 1846–1911 c. 1944–1969 Eryholme–Richmond branch line Cowton Danby Wiske Wensleydale Railway Northallerton–Eaglescliffe line Northallerton opened 1841 Leeds–Northallerton Railway Otterington 1841–1958/64 Thirsk opened 1841 Leeds and Thirsk Railway Thirsk Goods Sessay Pilmoor 1847–1958 Pilmoor, Boroughbridge and Knaresborough Railway Thirsk and Malton line Raskelf Easingwold Railway Alne 1841–1958 Tollerton Beningbrough 1841–1958/65 Harrogate line York–Scarborough line York–Beverley line opened 1877 York Rowntree Halt 1927–1988 Derwent Valley Light Railway 1839–1959/64 Copmanthorpe Foss Islands Goods 1880–1989 Naburn 1871–1958/64 Escrick 1871–1953 Riccall 1871–1958/64 Selby–Driffield line Dearne Valley line York and Selby Lines Cawood, Wistow and Selby Light Railway Selby opened 1834 York and Selby Lines Hull to York Line Selby Diversion Temple Hirst Pontefract line Hull and Barnsley Railway M62 motorway Heck Balne Moss Joan Croft Halt Askern branch line Shaftholme Junction West Riding and Grimsby Railway Hull and Barnsley and Great Central Joint Railway Arksey 1850–1952/64 Wakefield line South Humberside Main Line Marsh Gate Goods Doncaster opened 1850 Doncaster (St. James' Bridge) 1933-46 Swinton–Doncaster line Doncaster (Cherry Tree Lane) 1849-c.1852 to Barnby Dun Dearne Valley Railway Doncaster–Lincoln line to Shireoaks M18 motorway Rossington 1850–1958/63 Bawtry-Haxey line Bawtry 1850–1958/71 Scrooby 1850–1931 South Yorkshire Joint Railway Ranskill 1850–1958/64 Barnby Moor and Sutton 1850–1949 Retford opened 1850 Sheffield–Lincoln line Retford Low Level Tuxford North 1850–1955/64 Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway Dukeries Junction 1850–1950 Crow Park 1850–1955/64 Carlton on Trent 1850–1955 opened 1846 Newark Castle Nottingham–Lincoln line Newark North Gate opened 1852 Claypole 1852–1957/64 Hougham 1855–1957 Poacher Line Barkston 1850–1955 Nottingham–Grantham line Peascliffe Tunnel ( Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway ) Grantham opened 1852 Great Ponton 1853–1959/63 Stoke Tunnel Corby Glen 1853–1959/64 Saxby–Bourne line Little Bytham 1853–1959/65 Edenham & Little Bytham Railway Essendine 1853–1959/66 Stamford branch line Essendine branch line Tallington 1853–1959 Syston & Peterborough Rly Helpston Werrington Dive Under Peterborough–Lincoln line Walton Peterborough–Wisbech line Wisbech Junction Westwood Junctions Peterborough opened 1850 Peterborough Crescent 1858–1866 Nene Valley Railway Ely–Peterborough line Fletton Junction Fletton Goods Yaxley and Farcet 1850–1959/65 Ramsey branch line Holme 1850–1959 Abbots Ripton 1885–1958/64 Huntingdon opened 1850 Huntingdon–Ely line Huntingdon East 1883–1959/70 River Great Ouse Huntingdon–Kettering line Offord and Buckden 1851–1959/65 St Neots opened 1850 Cambridgeshire Bedfordshire Tempsford 1863–1956/65 Varsity Line Sandy opened 1850 Varsity Line Biggleswade opened 1850 Langford Goods Arlesey & Shefford Road opened 1850 Three Counties 1866–1959/70 Bedfordshire Hertfordshire Bedford–Hitchin line Cambridge line Hitchin Goods Junction Hitchin Junction Hitchin opened 1850 Stevenage 1850-1973 Stevenage opened 1973 Hertford Loop Line Knebworth opened 1884 Welwyn North Tunnel Welwyn South Tunnel Welwyn North opened 1850 Digswell Viaduct over River Mimram Hertford, Luton and Dunstable Railway Welwyn Garden City opened 1926 Hatfield and St Albans Railway Hatfield opened 1850 Welham Green opened 1986 Brookmans Park opened 1926 Potters Bar opened 1850 M25 motorway Potters Bar Tunnel Hadley Wood North Tunnel Hertfordshire Greater London Hadley Wood opened 1885 Hadley Wood South Tunnel New Barnet opened 1850 Oakleigh Park opened 1873 Barnet Tunnel New Southgate opened 1850 Wood Green Tunnel Hertford Loop Line Alexandra Palace opened 1859 Hornsey opened 1850 Ferme Park TMD Harringay opened 1885 Gospel Oak to Barking line Harringay Green Lanes Edgware, Highgate & London Rly Finsbury Park opened 1861 Canonbury curve to North London Line Northern City Line closed 1960 Clarence Yard Goods Gillespie Road closed ? Holloway and Caledonian Road 1852–1915 Holloway Cattle Midland Main Line and Thameslink Copenhagen Tunnel Copenhagen Junction North London Line High Speed 1 King's Cross Loco Depot Belle Isle Junction opened 2018 Canal Tunnels Great Northern Cemetery station Gasworks Tunnel King's Cross Goods Maiden Lane temporary passenger terminus 1850–1854 Regent's Canal King's Cross York Road 1906–1976 London St Pancras London King's Cross opened 1854 Hotel curve York Road curve opened 1941 King's Cross St Pancras 1863–1941 King's Cross (Metropolitan) King's Cross Thameslink 1863–1979 1983–2007 London Underground Circle, H&C & Metropolitan lines Thameslink City Widened Lines