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Ely Railway Station
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Ely 2019
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Ely railway station in 2019
A460009 Union Of South Africa with a steam movement 23rd of October 2019 comes slowly into Ely station.
DB 66 005 Maritime One in Ely station on the 23rd of October 2019
EMR class 158 863 in Ely station the driver having just changed ends on the 23rd of October 2019.
The unit is still in East Midland trains (EMT) colours, aprt from the name on the sides.
DB class 66134 in DB red at Ely station on the 23rd of October 2019.
'Great Northern' class 365520 in Ely station 19th April in 2016 with a train to Cambridge from Kings Lynn in platform 2.
Great Northern class 387 125 at Ely station in 2019
GBRf class 66708 Jayne at Ely station in 2019 in the goods loops next to the station.
Ely railway station in 2019
Ely's platform 1 has the main station building and booking office on it. Ely also has a island platform with platform 2 and 3 on it. There is an tunnel under the main line for passengers to use to get to platforms 2 and 3.
'Greater Anglia' trains to and from Cambridge to Norwich stop at Ely as do 'Greater Anglia' trains from Peterborough to Ipwsich.
'Cross Country' trains from Standsted Airport to Birmingham stop in Ely station .
'East Midland Trains' trains to and from Norwich to Notingham and Liverpool also use Ely station, reversing in the station in platform 3 most of the time, and then heading back the way they came in towards the Queen Adelade junction after the driver has changed ends. They turn off at the Queen Adelade Junction towards March and Peterborough for Nottingham or Liverpool or carry on the main line for Norwich.
There is lots of freight on the line to Ipswich and on to Peterborough
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