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The Ely to Peterborough Line is an important railway line in the United Kingdom, linking the East Anglia to the Midlands. Passenger services are provided by CrossCountry, East Midlands Trains and 'one'. The line serves the following places (Ordnance Survey grid references for stations):
| Places | Grid references |
| Ely | TL543793 |
| Manea | TL479911 |
| March | TL418978 |
| Whittlesea | TL277963 |
| Peterborough | TL186989 |
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. The line is not electrified, unlike surrounding lines.
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| InterCity lines: | East Coast Main Line • Great Eastern Main Line |
| Main lines: | Cambridge-King's Lynn "Fen" Line • Cambridge-Norwich "Breckland" Line • Colchester-Clacton "Sunshine Coast" Line • Ely-Peterborough Line • Hitchin-Cambridge Line • Ipswich-Ely Line • London, Tilbury & Southend Line • Manningtree-Harwich "Mayflower" Line • Thameslink • West Anglia Main Line |
| Commuter lines: | Hertford Loop Line • Chingford Branch Line • Lea Valley Lines • Northern City Line • Romford-Upminster Line • Shenfield-Southend Victoria Line • Witham-Braintree Line |
| Rural lines: | Cambridge-Ipswich Line • Crouch Valley Line • East Suffolk Line • Grantham-Skegness Line • Ipswich-Felixstowe Line • Marks Tey-Sudbury "Gainsborough" Line • Norwich-Sheringham "Bittern" Line • Peterborough-Lincoln Line • Thorpe le Soken-Walton "Sunshine Coast" Line • Norwich-Great Yarmouth/Lowestoft "Wherry" Lines • St Albans Branch Line |
