*ECML Diverts* Trains at Ely and Ely Riverside, TFL | 13/01/19
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ม.ค. 2019
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A busy Sunday morning and afternoon around Ely on The Fen Line on the final divert day of LNER, Hull and Grand Central trains.
Ely info:
Ely railway station is on the Fen line in the east of England, serving the city of Ely, Cambridgeshire.
It is 70 miles 30 chains (113.3 km) from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Waterbeach and Littleport stations on the Fen line. It is also the terminus of three other lines: the Breckland line to Norwich, a branch line to Peterborough and a branch line to Ipswich.
Ely is a busy station with trains running to a variety of destinations including Cambridge, King's Lynn, Birmingham, Nottingham, Sheffield, Manchester and Liverpool. It is managed by Greater Anglia which is also one of four train operators that serve the station, the others being Great Northern, CrossCountry and East Midlands Trains.
The station was opened in 1845 by the Eastern Counties Railway at a cost of £81,500, the land on which it was built being a marshy swamp. The station was modified substantially in the early 1990s, at the time that electrification of the line was taking place.
Services:
The station is served by four operators:
CrossCountry trains provides an hourly service from Stansted Airport to Birmingham New Street. This service is routed via Cambridge, Peterborough and Leicester, and uses Class 170 Turbostar diesel multiple units.
East Midlands Trains provides an (approximately) hourly service from Norwich to Liverpool Lime Street via Peterborough, Nottingham, Sheffield, and Manchester Piccadilly. Services are operated using Class 158 diesel multiple units (or, occasionally, Class 156 diesel multiple units) which reverse at Ely.
Great Northern 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. Services are more frequent (up to every half an hour) during peak hours when demand is highest. During peak hours most trains divide (northbound) or couple (southbound) at Cambridge which adds some minutes to the journey time. In addition, during peak hours most services make additional stops between London Kings Cross and Cambridge which contributes further to an extended journey time. During recent years the number of direct services has increased; from the timetable change of December 2013 there are direct services from London every half hour from 16:44 to 23:14. Some off-peak services can take as little as 1 hour and 5 minutes between London and Ely. During peak hours they can take up to 1 hour and 21 minutes.
Greater Anglia serves the station with three routes:
An hourly service between Cambridge and Norwich via the Breckland Line. These services normally use three coach Class 170 Turbostar units. Four units are diagrammed to work the hourly service.
A two hourly service between Ipswich and Peterborough via Bury St Edmunds. These services normally use two coach Class 170 Turbostar diesel multiple units. Two units are diagrammed to work the two hourly service.
On weekdays there are four services that operate to London Liverpool Street in the morning peak, three of which originate at King's Lynn while one commences at Ely. There are four return journeys in the evening; one terminating at Ely while the other three continue to King's Lynn. There is no service on Saturday or Sunday. These services normally use Class 379 or Class 317 electrical multiple units.
Retail:
There are two branches of Locoespresso on the station, one on platform 1 and the other on platform 2/3. These serve hot and cold drinks as well as snacks, magazines and newspapers. Platform 1 also includes an L.A. Golden Bean kiosk which sells hot and cold drinks and snacks.
Low Bridge:
Immediately north-east of Ely station, the railway lines pass on a bridge over the A142. The height available for road traffic passing beneath the bridge is only 9.0 feet (2.7 m) which is unusually low for a bridge over an A-road. Despite the various warnings, the limited headroom is a frequent cause of accidents. High vehicles must use a level crossing next to the bridge.
Great video.
Unusual to see a 67 hauling an entire set!
Great video
Great video mate :)
Richard, great video as ever. Loving the 66s. But, Dude, please, treat yourself to a microphone baffle. Would love to hear the traction rather than the wind.
Keep up with the great work mate.
*Luca
Is the level crossing at Ely permanently closed now. I noticed the fencing across the road.
So did I since when has the new road bridge been used and I bet they will take the crossing out completely
Ely RIVERSIDE....since when????
Why are the 91s being pulled by other trains? There are electric cables
*locomotives and maybe there are faults
As the section between just north of Ely and Peterborough isn’t electrified so needs diesel traction for that section
Why are they always diverting
Planned work on ECML I suppose.
@@BlackWolf. oh right