Fen Line
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| Fen Line |
| Principal stations (from south to north) Cambridge Waterbeach Ely Littleport Downham Market Watlington King's Lynn |
The Fen Line (sometimes Fenline without the space) runs from Cambridge in Cambridgeshire to King's Lynn in Norfolk, in East Anglia, England. It is so called because it runs through The Fens.
The towns and villages served by the route are listed below.
Train services on the line are operated by several train operating companies.- First Capital Connect operate through services to London King's Cross via Cambridge and Stevenage. These services operate non-stop between London and Cambridge for most of the day, as part of the half-hourly "Cambridge Cruiser" service. One train an hour is extended beyond Cambridge to serve all stations to King's Lynn. These services usually use Class 365 electrical multiple units, although lower-speed Class 317 units are used occasionally.
- There are three "named" units, the first unit (365518) is named "The Fenman" which was previously a "named train" that used to operate on this line, consisting of a locomotive-hauled Inter-City service. The second unit (365531) has been named "Nelson's County - Norfolk", this unit has had a special livery applied to the outside which shows various scenes of West Norfolk. Wagns last naming was unit 365 527, this was named on 10th March 2006 "FLUA 21" after the 21st Anniversary of the Fen Line Users Association
- 'One' Railway operate some direct services from London Liverpool Street to King's Lynn via the West Anglia Main Line and Fen Line. These services operate only during the morning and evening peaks, and use Class 317/6 units (the refurbished ones with fewer, higher seats).
- The section between Cambridge and Ely is also used non-stop by Central Trains services to Stansted Airport, and by 'One' services between Cambridge and Norwich via the Breckland Line.
| Railway lines in the East of England:''' | |
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| Main lines: | East Coast Main Line Great Eastern Main Line Fen Line>Cambridge-King's Lynn "Fen" Line Cambridge-Norwich "Breckland" Line Colchester-Clacton Line Ely-Peterborough Line Ipswich-Ely Line London-Cambridge Line London, Tilbury & Southend Line Manningtree-Harwich "Mayflower" Line West Anglia Main Line |
| Commuter lines: | Hertford Loop Line Lea Valley Lines Northern City Line Romford to Upminster 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 Line Norwich-Sheringham "Bittern" Line Peterborough-Lincoln Line Thorpe le Soken-Walton Line Wherry Lines |
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