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|map_state = show }} The East Coast Main Line (ECML) is a 〔(East Coast Main Line Rail Route Upgrading, United Kingdom )〕 railway〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=Route 5 - West Anglia )〕 link between London and Edinburgh via Peterborough, Doncaster, Wakefield, Leeds, York, Darlington and Newcastle, electrified along the whole route. Services north of Edinburgh to Aberdeen and Inverness use diesel trains. The main franchise on the line is operated by Virgin Trains East Coast. The route forms a key artery on the eastern side of Great Britain and is broadly paralleled by the A1 trunk road. It links London, the South East and East Anglia, with Yorkshire, the North East Regions and Scotland. It also carries key commuter flows for the north side of London. It is important to the economic health of several areas of England and Scotland. It also handles cross-country, commuter and local passenger services, and carries heavy tonnages of freight traffic. ==Route definition and description== The ECML forms part of Network Rail's Strategic Route G which comprises six separate lines: * The main line between and stations, via , , , , , , , , , , , , and . The line crosses the Anglo-Scottish border at Marshall Meadows Bay; * The Doncaster branch of the Wakefield Line, between Doncaster and , via ; * The Northern City Line from to ; and * The Hertford Loop Line from to Stevenage. * The branch line to * The loop The core part of the route is the main line between King's Cross and Edinburgh, with the Hertford Loop used for local and freight services and the Northern City Line only used on weekdays for inner suburban services.〔 The route has ELRs ECM1 - ECM9. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「East Coast Main Line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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