  the great eastern main line (geml, sometimes referred to as the east anglia main line) is a  major railway line of the british railway system, which connects liverpool street in the city of london with destinations in east london and the east of england, including chelmsford, colchester, ipswich, norwich and several coastal resorts such as clacton-on-sea and walton-on-the-naze.national rail, rail services around london & the south east, (2006) the main markets are commuter travel to london, particularly to the city of london and docklands, and business and leisure travellers. the route also provides the main artery for substantial freight traffic between the port of felixstowe, harwich international port and the rest of great britain, via london.network rail - route 7 - great eastern (pdf) == history ==  the earliest section of the line operated between [[devonshire st
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