Ipswich to Ely Line
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The Ipswich to Ely Line is an important railway line linking East Anglia to the Midlands. There is also a branch line to Cambridge.
The towns served by the route are:
- Ipswich
- connections with Great Eastern Main Line to Colchester and London, and Ipswich-Lowestoft and Ipswich-Felixstowe lines.
- Needham Market
- Stowmarket
- connection with Great Eastern Main Line to Diss and Norwich
- Elmswell
- Thurston
- Bury St Edmunds
- Kennett
The line then divides to serve either
- Ely
- connections with Ely-King's Lynn, Ely-Norwich and Ely-Peterborough lines
or
- Newmarket
- Dullingham
- Cambridge
- connections with Cambridge-London King's Cross, Cambridge-London Liverpool St and Cambridge-King's Lynn lines
The line shares the route between Ipswich and Stowmarket with the Great Eastern Main Line, which is electrified at 25 kV AC, using overhead wires. The rest of the route is not electrified.
Passenger services are operated by 'one'.
An analysis of train times for lines leaving Ipswich can be found here.
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