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The Mayflower Line is a branch railway line from Manningtree to Harwich in the county of Essex in England. Passenger services are operated by Abellio Greater Anglia. The line is part of the Network Rail Strategic Route 7, SRS 07.07 and is classified as a London and South East commuter line.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=Route 7 - Great Eastern )〕 ==History== The Eastern Counties Railway had originally proposed plans to extend what is now known as the Great Eastern Main Line from Colchester to Harwich although this was a cause for concern to Ipswich which was a rival port. In 1846 a railway line from Manningtree to Harwich proposed by Eastern Union Railway (EUR) was approved by the Railway Commissioners. In 1853 an agreement was reached between the companies with the Eastern Counties Railway taking over the working of the EUR from 1 January 1854. The single-line branch opened on 15 August 1854.〔 In 1862 the Eastern Counties Railway and the Eastern Union Railway merged to become the Great Eastern Railway.〔 The line was doubled in 1882 by the Great Eastern Railway and the Manningtree North Curve which allows direct running between Ipswich and Harwich was added at that time. In addition to the closed station at Bradfield, there was a halt Priory Halt which was closed in 1965 between Wrabness and Bradfield which serviced the adjacent War Department facility. There was quite an extensive system of sidings fed from a spur on the down side which was controlled by a signal box which was in use from 1918 until 1966. Use of the halt was confined to Admiralty employees only during various periods. The War Department also had a munitions dump in Copperas Woods between Wrabness and Parkeston served by a spur which was situated on the North (river ) side of the line just west of the point where the original alignment of the track to Dovercourt and Harwich had been changed when Parkeston was built. This spur was controlled by a signal box, very appropriately named 'Primrose Box' reflecting the profusion of primroses which grew lineside in the area.〔 First Great Eastern operated the line until 1 April 2004, when all the operators in East Anglia were merged into one new franchise. Passenger services are currently operated by Abellio Greater Anglia who replaced the previous operator, National Express East Anglia, on 5 February 2012. 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「Mayflower Line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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