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The Gainsborough Line is the current marketing name of the Sudbury Branch Line, a branch line off the Great Eastern Main Line in the east of England, that links in Essex with in Suffolk. It is in length and single-track throughout. Prior to the Beeching cuts initiated in the 1960s, the line, then known as the Stour Valley Railway, continued beyond Sudbury to in Cambridgeshire. Today the line is part of the Network Rail Strategic Route 7, SRS 07.10, and is classified as a rural line.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=Route 7 - Great Eastern )〕 It is operated by Abellio Greater Anglia. == History == The Stour Valley Railway opened on 9 August 1865, linking near Cambridge with in Essex, with 13 intermediate stations along the line. The section between Shelford and was closed on 6 March 1967 following the Beeching cuts, leaving and as the only stops between the termini. In 2005 the line received around £3 million of investment, which saw around of old jointed track replaced with new continuous welded rail. Further investment was made in 2006 to replace around of track, leaving just the Chappel viaduct and Lamarsh to Sudbury sections in need of modernisation. This work was completed in 2007. In 2006 the line was designated as a community railway〔(Network Rail - Community Railways )〕 by the transport minister and is part of the Essex and South Suffolk Community Rail Partnership.〔(Essex and South Suffolk Community Rail Partnership )〕 The current name of the line commemorates the painter Thomas Gainsborough, who was born in Sudbury; the previous name was the Lovejoy Line, after the television series ''Lovejoy'', which was filmed in the Sudbury area. All passenger services on the line are currently operated by Abellio Greater Anglia, which runs an hourly service seven days a week, with frequency increasing slightly during peak hours. One train each day is extended to or from . 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「Gainsborough Line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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