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Ely railway station is on the Fen line in the east of England, serving the cathedral city of Ely, Cambridgeshire.It is 70 miles 30 chains (113.3 km) from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Waterbeach and Littleport stations on the Fen line to King's Lynn.
Sketch map of railways in the Ely area Ely railway station is a busy interchange point as evidenced by this photo of passengers boarding a First Capital Connect service The frontage and main entrance at Ely railway station. The Railways in Ely are an important interchange point between
The station opened with the opening of the South Wales Railway to serve what was then a growing suburb. In the early 20th Century, over 400,000 tickets were issued each year (due in part to close proximity to the Ely Racecourse), and the station also handled high volumes of freight from the Ely Paper Mills and Creswell's Brewery. [2]
The Ipswich and Bury St. Edmunds Railway Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. xcvii) was granted royal assent on 21 July 1845 and the first train ran on 26 November 1846. The stations at Bramford, Claydon, Needham, Stowmarket, Haughley Road, Elmswell and Thurston all opened on this date.
The Ely–Peterborough line (also known as the Hereward Line [2]) is a railway line in England, linking East Anglia to the Midlands.It is a part of the Network Rail Strategic Route 5, SRS 05.07 and is classified as a secondary line. [1]
The Ely, Haddenham and Sutton Railway. The East Anglian Railway soon acquired the Ely and Huntingdon Railway, but it did not consider that progressing the completion of the Ely and Huntingdon scheme was worthwhile, and it allowed the powers to lapse. In August 1862 the Eastern Counties Railway merged with other lines to form the Great Eastern ...
Ely railway station, on the Fen Line, is a major railway hub, with the Cambridge to Ely section opening in 1845. Five major railway lines — excluding the former Ely and St Ives Railway — emanate from this hub: north to King's Lynn, northwest to Peterborough, east to Norwich, southeast to Ipswich and south to Cambridge and London. [201]
March railway station is a stop on the Ely–Peterborough line in the east of England and serves the market town of March, Cambridgeshire, England. It is 85 miles 76 chains (138.3 km) measured from London Liverpool Street via Ely and is situated between Manea and Whittlesea stations.