Editing Great Eastern Main Line (section)

=== Track layout ===
On leaving Liverpool Street, the route comprises two pairs of tracks, known as the mains and the electrics, with a further pair of tracks, the suburbans, which carry the [[West Anglia Main Line]] alongside the GEML to {{rws|Bethnal Green}}.

From Bethnal Green, the GEML has four lines to Bow junction, where there is a complex set of switches and crossings. A line from the LTS (Fenchurch Street) route joins the "up" (London-bound) electric and there are a further two lines, the "up" and "down" Temple Mills, giving access to the [[North London Line]] and Temple Mills. The GEML has six tracks up to the London-end of {{stnlink|Stratford}} and the junction to Temple Mills; there are five lines through the station, dropping to four at the country end.

At {{rws|Shenfield}}, the line to {{rws|Southend Victoria}} diverges and the main-line route drops from four tracks to two; this arrangement continues for the vast majority of the way to Norwich. There are several locations where the route has more than two tracks, predominantly through stations such as Colchester and Ipswich, along with goods loops, such as at the London end of {{rws|Ingatestone}}. There is also a short stretch of single track on approach to Norwich, as the line passes over the [[River Wensum]] on the Trowse Bridge.