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The National Rail Access Map names 2590 Stations in England, Scotland and Wales. You can search this map by station.
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January 2025 :
The National Rail Access Map names 2590 Stations in England, Scotland and Wales. You can search this map by station.
Network Rail has five regions which are Eastern (Anglia, East Coast, East Midlands and North & East route), North West & Central (North West, Central and West Coast), Scotland’s Railway (Scotland), Southern (Kent, High Speed Route, Sussex and Wessex) and Wales (Wales) & Western (Western). These are all summarised further down the page.
The list of Network Rail routes and regions in confusing, but for London, we are mainly referring to the Anglia route in Eastern and all of the Southern region.
Eastern region
Anglia Route
The Anglia Route is in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and parts of Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Greater London.
Great Eastern Mainline from Liverpool Street to Norwich and branches
Cross-country Corridor via Ely from Ipswich/Norwich to Cambridge/Peterborough
West Anglia Mainline from
Liverpool Street to Cambridge, Kings Lynn and branches
Orbital Routes, comprising the North London line from
Stratford to
Richmond and the
Barking to
Gospel Oak line
Essex Thameside line from
Fenchurch Street to Shoeburyness via
Upminster and Tilbury (
c2c).
East Coast Route
The East Coast Route starts at
Kings Cross St Pancras in London, and provides local commuter links into London as well as services through Yorkshire and the North East to Scotland.
East Midlands Route
The East Midlands Route takes in the whole of the East Midlands including Derby, Nottingham and Leicester.
North & East route
The North & East route takes in Yorkshire’s biggest cities, including Sheffield and Leeds – and vital links over the Pennines and into the North East.
North West and Central region
Central Route
The Central Route includes a main link between the West Midlands and London, a key commuter line in and out of Birmingham.
North West route
The North West route runs from Cheshire in the south to Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cumbria in the North
West Coast South route
The West Coast South route stretches from the south of Crewe to London Euston.
Southern region
Southern Routes
The Kent route includes the
South Eastern Mainline from London
Charing Cross to Dover Priory via Tonbridge and Ashford ; Chatham Mainline from London
Victoria to Dover Priory and Ramsgate via Chatham and Network Rail High Speed Ltd. maintains and operates High Speed 1 from
St. Pancras International to Folkestone.
Sussex Route
The Sussex route includes the Brighton Main Line
Wessex route
The Wessex route covers the major commuter area of south-west London as well as from London
Waterloo to the south and south-west of England, i.e.
South Western
Scotland region
Passenger services in Scotland are operated primarily by ScotRail including busy intercity lines between Scotland’s eight cities and more rural lines in the Highlands.
Other passenger operators run trains to and from Scotland, including Caledonian Sleeper, London North Eastern Railway (LNER), Avanti West Coast, Lumo, CrossCountry and TransPennine Express (TPE).
Wales (Wales) & Western
Western route
The Western route stretches from London Paddington to Penzance, through Bristol and up to the boundaries with Wales, the Cotswolds and Hampshire. There are 198 stations including
Paddington, Reading and Bristol Temple Meads.