High Speed 1 towards Dagenham:: OS grid TQ5282 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

TQ5282 : High Speed 1 towards Dagenham

near to Rainham, Havering, Great Britain

High Speed 1 towards Dagenham

As seen from TQ5281 : Altered footbridge near Rainham Railway Station.

This railway carries the Channel Tunnel Railway from Ebbsfleet (in Kent) towards
Statford. On the right, the local railway line between Rainham and Dagenham Dock can just be seen.

Both railways follow each other through the congested London landscape.

High Speed 1

High Speed 1 (originally called The Channel Tunnel Rail Link or CTRL), is a 69-mile stretch of railway linking the Channel Tunnel and St Pancras station in London. Built at a cost of £5.2 billion, the line was opened on 14th November 2007, cutting Eurostar journey times by 40 minutes, compared with the previous route which was shared with local trains, restricting the speed severely. Trains travel at speeds up to 140mph on the high speed line.

In June 2010 the government put the line up for sale for £1.5 billion.

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2012

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Grid Square: TQ5282, 76 images (more nearby)
Photographer: David Anstiss (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph
Date Taken: Wednesday, 7 November, 2012 (more nearby)
Submitted: Sunday, 11 November, 2012
Geographical Context: Railways
Subject Location: OSGB36: TQ 5202 8205 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:31.0153N 0:11.3737E
Photographer Location: OSGB36: TQ 5208 8200
View Direction: Northwest (about 315 degrees)