Lea Valley lines

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Lea Valley lines
London Overground Class 710 at Hackney Downs
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Network Rail (Anglia Route)
Locale	Greater London East of England
Termini	Enfield Town Cheshunt Chingford Hertford East London Liverpool Street Stratford
Stations	31
Service
Type	Commuter rail, Suburban rail
System	National Rail
Services	5
Operator(s)	Greater Anglia London Overground
Depot(s)	Ilford
Rolling stock	Class 710 "Aventra" Class 745 "FLIRT" Class 720 "Aventra"
Technical
Number of tracks	2–4
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	25 kV 50 Hz AC Overhead lines
Operating speed	40–50 mph (64–80 km/h)
Route map (Click to expand)

Lea Valley lines
London Overground: Liverpool Street to Cheshunt / Enfield Town via Seven Sisters, and to Chingford National Rail: Liverpool Street / Stratford to Cheshunt via Tottenham Hale
Legend
mi+ch mi+ch West Anglia Main Line 14+01 Cheshunt 14+28 13+71 Cheshunt Junction Theobalds Grove 13+45 12+63 Waltham Cross M25 motorway Turkey Street 12+16 11+65 Enfield Lock Carterhatch Lane Enfield Town 10+55 10+61 Brimsdown Southbury 10+32 10+33 Chingford Bush Hill Park 09+69 9+71 Ponders End Bury Street Junction 0 8+52 Highams Park 7+07 Wood Street Edmonton Green 08+45 0 Lower Edmonton (low level) 7+57 Angel Road Silver Street 07+75 7+47 Meridian Water White Hart Lane 07+11 6+73 Northumberland Park Bruce Grove 06+28 6+16 Walthamstow Central Victoria line Seven Sisters 05+48 6+00 Tottenham Hale Palace Gates Line Gospel Oak to Barking line   Seven Sisters Junction 5+55 St. James Street South Tottenham (on Gospel Oak to Barking line) 0 Tottenham South Junction Gospel Oak to Barking line 0 Coppermill Junctions Stamford Hill 05+03 Hall Farm Junction Stoke Newington 04+16 Lea Bridge Junction Clapton Junction 6+30 Lea Bridge Clapton 03+78 Loughton Branch ( Central line) Clapton Tunnel 13 ch 260 m Loughton Branch Junction Rectory Road 03+64 Queens Road (GER) (c.1892 never opened) [1] Queens Road Tunnel 20 ch 400 m Stratford International (on High Speed 1) Hackney Downs North Junction 0 Great Eastern Main Line Hackney Downs 02+78 4+03 Stratford North London line High Meads Junction Reading Lane Junction 0 Central line London Fields 02+35 Regent's Canal Cambridge Heath 01+61 Elizabeth line   Bethnal Green North Junction 0 Bethnal Green 01+10 Bishopsgate Goods East London line Bishopsgate London Liverpool Street 00+00
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The Lea Valley lines are two commuter lines and three branches in East London, North London and Hertfordshire, so named because they run along the valley of the River Lea. They were part of the Great Eastern Railway,^[2] now part of the Anglia Route of Network Rail.

On 31 May 2015, services between London Liverpool Street to Chingford, Cheshunt and Enfield Town were transferred to London Overground; services from London Liverpool Street and Stratford via Tottenham Hale remain with Greater Anglia. Services operated by London Overground are now fully operated by new-built Class 710 rolling stock, replacing older Class 315 and Class 317 stock inherited from Greater Anglia.^[3] Services operated by Greater Anglia are operated by new Class 720 and Class 745 stock, replacing Class 317 and Class 379 trains.

On 15 February 2024, Sadiq Khan announced that Lea Valley line services operated by London Overground between London Liverpool Street and Chingford, Cheshunt and Enfield Town will be named the "Weaver line" in honour of the weaving industry that was once a major employer in the East End districts closest to the lines Liverpool Street terminus.