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West Anglia Main Line




London Liverpool Street

Hackney Downs

(for Lea Valley Lines )

Tottenham Hale

Cheshunt

Broxbourne

(Hertford East branch)

Roydon

Harlow Town

Harlow Mill

Sawbridgeworth

Bishop's Stortford

Stansted Mountfitchet

(Stansted Airport branch)

Elsenham

Newport

Audley End

Great Chesterford

Whittlesford

Shelford

Cambridge

(for Fen Line )



Hertford East branch:

Broxbourne

Rye House

St Margarets

Ware

Hertford East



Stansted Airport branch:

Stansted Mountfitchet

Stansted Airport

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The West Anglia Main Line is one of the two main lines which run from London Liverpool Street , the other being the Great Eastern Main Line . It runs due north from London, through the towns of Broxbourne , Harlow , Bishop's Stortford and Audley End before reaching Cambridge , with two branches serving Hertford and Stansted Airport . The line runs along the border between Hertfordshire and Essex for much of its length.

The line is Electrified using 25 KV overhead cables, and passenger services on the line mostly use Class 315 or Class 317 EMU s, although some DMU s (mostly Class 170 units) are used for services north from Stansted Airport .

Passenger services on the line are provided by One , under the ''one West Anglia'' and ''one Stansted Express'' brands, and by Central Trains from Stansted Airport north to Cambridge and beyond.

In London, the line also forms the Tottenham Hale branch of the Lea Valley Line s.

Places served by the route are listed below, with Ordnance Survey Grid References for the stations: