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unusual facts about The Great Eastern



Edward Riche

Riche had occasionally performed for the radio, which sparked an interest in co-creating and writing for,The Great Eastern.


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Alfred Hill

Alfred John Hill (1862–1927), Chief Mechanical Engineer at the Stratford Works of the Great Eastern Railway, 1912–1922

British Rail Class 360

In April 2004 First Group lost the franchise to the National Express Group, who operated the Great Eastern routes as part of their National Express East Anglia franchise.

Great Eastern Ranges

The Great Eastern Ranges extend from southern Victoria to north of Cairns in Queensland, Australia, encompassing the Great Dividing Range and the Great Escarpment – two very old, mountainous, sometimes undulating and occasionally tableland landscapes situated on the eastern side of the continent.

Great Eastern Steeplechase

The Great Eastern Steeplechase is an Australian Thoroughbred steeplechase horse race held annually at Oakbank, South Australia on Easter Saturday and Monday at the Oakbank Racecourse as part of the Oakbank Easter Racing Carnival.

Great Yarmouth railway station

Yarmouth South Town railway station was owned by the Great Eastern Railway but operated as the a Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway and ran services through Gorleston and Lowestoft to join with the current East Suffolk Line for a mainline service to London.

Owl's Hill Nature Center

Fossil traces in Ordovician limestone and 300-year-old giant trees, vestiges of the great eastern deciduous forest that once covered Tennessee, are important collections on the site, as are pioneer trees and seasonal wildflowers.

Wissington, Norfolk

It left the Denver (on the Great Eastern mainline, the Fen Line), to Stoke Ferry Railway at Abbey Junction, which was located near Station Farm.