Hitchin-Cambridge Line

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Hitchin-Cambridge Line
LUECKE
Fen Line
BHF
55m 52ch Cambridge
exHLUECKE eABZrf
Varsity Line
STRrg ABZrf
53m 03ch Shepreth Branch Junction
KMW STR
Milepost Change 55m 26ch/53m 03ch
STR LUECKE
West Anglia Main Line
eHST
Harston (closed 1963)
HST
50m 77ch Foxton
BUE
Level crossing with A10 road
KDSr ABZrf
Barrington cement works
HST
49m 67ch Shepreth
HST
47m 75ch Meldreth
eGRENZE
45m 70ch Railway Maintenance Boundary
BHF
44m 72ch Royston
HST
41m 00ch Ashwell and Morden
BHF
36m 47ch Baldock
KDSr ABZlg
Letchworth sidings
BHF
34m 50ch Letchworth Garden City
LUECKE STR
East Coast Main Line
ABZrg STRrf
32m 11ch Cambridge Junction
BHF
31m 74ch Hitchin
LUECKE
East Coast Main Line
KBFe
0m 00ch London King's Cross

The Hitchin to Cambridge Line links Hitchin in Hertfordshire with Cambridge and forms part of the route between London King's Cross and East Anglia. It is an alternative to the West Anglia Main Line, which links London Liverpool Street to Cambridge. Services in the line are run by First Capital Connect. It exists as a distinct line only between Cambridge (where it shares tracks for a while with the West Anglia Main Line) and Hitchin (north of which it merges with the East Coast Main Line).

The line is electrified at 25 kV AC, using overhead wires.

From south to north, the principal locations on the route are:

The map has been produced using data from the "Railway Track Diagrams" produced by Trackmaps[1].

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  1. ^ http://www.trackmaps.co.uk - Railway Track Diagrams (QUAIL Map)

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