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The Ipswich–Ely line is a railway line linking East Anglia to the English Midlands via Ely. There is also a branch line to Cambridge. Passenger services are operated by Greater Anglia. It is a part of Network Rail Strategic Route 5, SRS 05.07, 05.08 and part of SRS 07.03. [1] The line has previously been part of the Great Eastern Main Line.
Soham station's location of the Ipswich to Ely line. The typical off-peak service frequency is one train every two hours in each direction between Peterborough and Ipswich via Bury St Edmunds. [15] All services are operated by Greater Anglia using Class 755 bi-mode trains.
Ipswich railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line in the East of England, serving the town of Ipswich, Suffolk.It is 68 miles 59 chains (110.6 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street [1] and, on the main line, it is situated between Manningtree to the south and Needham Market to the north.
The Ipswich and Bury Railway Company (I&BR) was formed to build a line from Ipswich to Bury St Edmunds. Its Act of 21 July 1845 authorised capital of £400,000 and it shared many shareholders and directors with the Eastern Union Railway (EUR) who were in the process of building their line from Colchester to Ipswich. The companies also shared ...
The Newmarket and Chesterford Railway Company was an early railway company that built the first rail connection to Newmarket.Although only around 15 miles (24 km) long the line ran through three counties, the termini being in Essex (Great Chesterford) and Suffolk (Newmarket) and all intermediate stations being in Cambridgeshire.
Train Rescue Norwich - Great Yarmouth (Summer Only), Norwich - Lowestoft (Summer Only) 1962–1968 90: Electric locomotive: 110 177 15 London - Norwich: 1987–1990 153 Super Sprinter: 1 DMU: 75 121 5 Ipswich - Felixstowe, Norwich - Great Yarmouth, Norwich - Lowestoft, Sudbury - Marks Tey: 1987–1988 156 Super Sprinter: 2 75 121 9 Ipswich ...
As of 2016, there is one passenger train per week, in one direction only, which uses the Ely West Curve. This is the East Midland Railway 15:54 Sunday service from Norwich to Manchester Piccadilly. This is the East Midland Railway 15:54 Sunday service from Norwich to Manchester Piccadilly.
On 1 June 1870, a passenger train was derailed near Ely. Some passengers sustained minor injuries. [14] On 2 April 1874, two freight trains collided at Ely. [15] On 16 January 1890, a train from Newmarket ran into the rear of a freight train near Ely. [16] On 26 September 1905, a freight train derailed at Dock Junction, fouling the adjacent line.