Ely railway station

Ely
Location
Place	Ely
Local authority	East Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire
Grid reference	SS740947
Operations
Station code	ELY
Managed by	'one'
Platforms in use	3
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	1.255 million
2005/06 *	1.279 million
History
Key dates	Opened ?
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ely from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Ely railway station serves 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 busy station served by trains running to a variety of destinations. The station itself was modified substantially in the early 1990s, at the time that electrification was taking place. Three other non-electrified lines 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.

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

Services

The station is served by four operators:

• First Capital Connect serve the station as part of their service from London King's Cross to King's Lynn. Outside peak hours 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. The journey from King's Cross to Ely is timetabled to take just over an hour on the fastest services. During peak hours, when demand is highest, almost all services make additional stops between London Kings Cross and Cambridge which results in an extended journey time. Most services are operated by Class 365 electrical multiple units though Class 317 electrical multiple units are used occasionally.
• 'one' serves the station with three routes:
  • An hourly service between Cambridge and Norwich via the Breckland Line. These services use Class 170 Turbostar units.
  • The Ipswich-Ely-Peterborough service. These services use Class 170 Turbostar diesel multiple units.
  • On weekdays there are several services that operate between King's Lynn and London Liverpool Street in the morning peak with serveral return services in the evening peak. There is one return journey on Saturday and no service on Sunday. These services use Class 317 electrical multiple units.
• East Midlands Trains provides an (approximately) hourly service from Norwich to Liverpool via Manchester, Stockport, Nottingham and Peterborough. Services are operated using Class 158 diesel multiple units which change direction at Ely. Some early morning services commence at Cambridge and some late evening services terminate at Cambridge. At other times passengers must change at Ely for a connection to Cambridge.
• CrossCountry trains provides an hourly service from Birmingham New Street to Stansted Airport. This service is routed via Leicester, Peterborough and Cambridge and uses Class 170 Turbostar diesel multiple units.

Derailment near Ely on 22 June 2007

On Friday 22 June 2007 a goods train derailed at Newmarket Bridge south-east of Ely station, at the point where the Ipswich line crosses the Great Ouse. Photographs showed derailed wagons on their side, only prevented from plunging off the embankment by subsidiary structures and their attachment to the rest of the train. As a consequence of the derailment the bridge had to be rebuilt and there were no train services between Ely and Bury St. Edmunds until the works were completed on 21 December 2007.^[1]

Notes

1. ^ Ipswich – Peterborough Train Services Resume 21st December. One Railway (19th December 2007).

External links

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

Coordinates: 52°23′25″N 0°15′59″E / 52.39028, 0.26639