Ely railway station

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Ely
Location
Place	Ely
Local authority	East Cambridgeshire
Operations
Managed by	'one'
Platforms in use	3
Annual Passenger Usage
2004/05 **	1.255 million
History
Key dates	Opened ?
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Ely railway station is a railway station serving the city of Ely in Cambridgeshire, England. The station lies on Fen Line from Cambridge to King's Lynn, which is electrified at 25 kV AC overhead. It is a surprisingly busy station with excellent services to a variety of destinations. The station itself was modified substantially in the early 1990s, at the time that electrification was taking place.

There are also three other non-electrified lines that meet at Ely.

• The Breckland Line to Thetford and Norwich diverges from the Fen Line to the north of Ely.
• The line to March and Peterborough also diverges to the north.
• The line from Ipswich joins to the south of Ely station.

The station is served by three operators:

• First Capital Connect serve the station as part of their service from London King's Cross to King's Lynn. The services run non-stop between London and Cambridge as part of the half-hourly "Cambridge Cruiser" service. One train per hour then continues beyond Cambridge, stopping at all stations on the Fen Line to King's Lynn. These services use Class 317 or Class 365 electrical multiple units.
• 'one' serves the station with three routes:
  • An hourly service between Cambridge and Norwich via the Breckland Line. These services use new Turbostar units.
  • The Ipswich-Ely-Peterborough service. These services use Class 150, Class 153, Class 156 or Class 170 diesel multiple units.
  • There are several London Liverpool Street-King's Lynn services that operate during the peak. These services use Class 317 electrical multiple units.
• Central Trains also serve the station with two routes. Services are operated using Class 156, Class 158 or Class 170 diesel multiple units.
  • The Birmingham New Street to Cambridge and Stansted Airport "City Link" service. This is routed via Leicester and Peterborough.
  • The Liverpool to Norwich "City Link" service. This is routed via Manchester, Nottingham and Peterborough. These services reverse at Ely.

Ely station also won first prize in the station of the year competition 1987 (medium sized category)

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Ely railway station from National Rail
• Street map and aerial photo of Ely railway station from Multimap.com

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Manea March on Sundays		Central Trains Birmingham-Stansted		Cambridge
March Peterborough on Sundays		Central Trains Liverpool-Norwich		Brandon Thetford on Sundays
Cambridge		'one' Cambridge-Norwich		Shippea Hill Brandon on Sundays
Bury St Edmunds Kennett on Saturdays		'one' Ipswich-Peterborough		March
Waterbeach		First Capital Connect London-King's Lynn		Littleport