Ely to Peterborough Line

Ely to Peterborough Line
170203 speeds towards Peterborough near Turves
Overview
Type	Heavy rail
System	National Rail
Status	Operational
Locale	Cambridgeshire, England
Termini	Ely 52.3910°N 0.2665°E / 52.3910; 0.2665 (Ely station) Peterborough 52.5746°N 0.2499°W / 52.5746; -0.2499 (Peterborough station)
Stations	3 not counting Ely and Peterborough.
Operation
Owner	Network Rail
Operator(s)	CrossCountry East Midlands Trains Greater Anglia
Rolling stock	Class 170 "Turbostar" Class 158 "Sprinter"
Technical
No. of tracks	Two
Track gauge	Standard gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Operating speed	75 mph maximum

Ely to Peterborough line
Legend Cambridge-King's Lynn Ely-Ipswich Ely Ely-Norwich lines Cambridge-King's Lynn Chettisham Black Bank Manea(closed on Sundays) Stonea to Wisbech and Spalding March to Wimblington Benwick goods railway Eastrea Whittlesea Peterborough East East Coast Main Line Peterborough Peterborough-Birmingham line East Coast Main Line

The Ely to Peterborough Line 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. Fenland District council are in talks with train operators to oppose more services for the line with 2 services in between Birmingham and Stansted Airport and a hourly service between Ipswich and Peterborough with more services stopping at Whittlesea and Manea which would stop at March also.^{[citation needed]}

Service

A freight train at March

Passenger services are provided by CrossCountry, East Midlands Trains and Greater Anglia. The line serves the following places (Ordnance Survey grid references for stations):

Most trains continue beyond Peterborough to Leicester and Birmingham (via the Peterborough-Birmingham line), or to Nottingham, Sheffield, Manchester and Liverpool.

On the other side, most trains continue beyond Ely to Norwich or to Cambridge and Stansted Airport (joining in one direction or in the other the Cambridge-Norwich "Breckland" Line) or to Ipswich.

The line is used extensively by freight trains. The railway yard at March has recently been reopened.

Here is a map with the locations of all the former and current stations on the line in Google Maps

Infrastructure

The line is double track throughout, has a loading gauge of W10 and a line speed of between 40-75 mph but is not electrified.

See also

Railways in Ely