Alex Coomber
The Broadsman. London Liverpool Street to Norwich. 118 Miles. London Liverpool Street, Romford, Shenfield, Chelmsford, Witham, Marks Tey, Colchester, Manningtree, Ipswich, Stowmarket, Haughley, Diss, Tivetshall and Norwich Thorpe. First built to a gauge of 5 feet. The Eastern Counties Railway finally achieved a virtual stranglehold on East Anglian Railways by takeovers leasing and working arrangements. It's lacklustre services we're greatly improved by its successor. The Great Eastern Railway.