Liberty line

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The Liberty line is a passenger railway service in the London Borough of Havering, East London. It is the shortest London Overground line at 3 miles 30 chains (5.4 km). The line has terminals at Romford and Upminster, with a timetabled journey time of nine minutes between them. As of May 2026, there is a service of two trains per hour in each direction. Uniquely, it does not have interchanges with any other London Overground lines. The Romford–Upminster line was built as a single-track branch line of the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway and opened in 1893. Anticipated goods traffic from Tilbury Docks did not meet expectations. Passenger services ran through to Grays with some extended to Tilbury. Suburban housebuilding caused demand for additional stations, but only one was built at Emerson Park in 1909. Service frequency was increased in 1934 with the introduction of push–pull operation. In 1951, through service beyond Upminster was withdrawn and service frequency was halved. With...

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