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The '''Romford–Upminster line''' is a railway [[branch line]] in [[Greater London]] that connects {{rws|Romford}}, on the [[Great Eastern Main Line]], to {{stn|Upminster}}, on the [[London, Tilbury and Southend line]] and [[London Underground]]. The route is {{convert|3|mi|28|chain|km|lk=in}} in length and there is one intermediate station at {{rws|Emerson Park}} which is located {{convert|1|mi|62|chain|km}} from Romford.{{sfn|Oakley|1978|p=6}} The line is part of [[Network Rail Route 7 (Great Eastern)|Network Rail Strategic Route 7]], SRS 07.09, and is classified as a rural line.<ref name="NRR7">{{cite web |title=Route 7 - Great Eastern |url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/StrategicBusinessPlan/RoutePlans/2009/Route%207%20-%20Great%20Eastern.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607104601/http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/StrategicBusinessPlan/RoutePlans/2009/Route%207%20-%20Great%20Eastern.pdf |archive-date=2011-06-07 |access-date=2009-05-22 |publisher=[[Network Rail]]}}</ref>
 
The line is [[Single-track railway|single-track]] throughout, [[Railway electrification in Great Britain|electrified]] at [[{{25 kV AC50 railway electrification|25 kV AC]]Hz}}, has a [[Loading gauge#Great Britain|loading gauge]] of W6, and a maximum speed of {{convert|30|mph}}.<ref name=NRR7/> {{Asof|December 2022}}, services are operated by [[London Overground]], with two trains per hour in each direction. The timetabled journey time from one terminus to the other is nine minutes. It is completely separated from the rest of the London Overground, but has connections to the [[Elizabeth line]] and [[Great Eastern Main Line]] at Romford and the [[London Underground]] [[District Line]] and [[c2c]] at Upminster.
 
==History==