First Capital Connect Class 365 Networker Express passing through Runcton Holme in 2012
Overview
Status
Operational
Owner
Network Rail
Locale
East of England
Termini
Cambridge
King's Lynn
Stations
8
Service
Type
Heavy rail
System
National Rail
Operator(s)
Great Northern
Greater Anglia
CrossCountry
Rolling stock
Class 170 "Turbostar"[1]
Class 387 "Electrostar"
Class 720 "Aventra"
Class 755 "FLIRT"
Technical
Line length
41 miles 47 chains (66.9 km)
Number of tracks
1-2
Character
Secondary\London & South-East[1]
Track gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification
25 kV AC OHLE
Operating speed
90 mph (145 km/h) maximum[2]
Route map
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Fen line
Legend
King's Lynn
96 mi 75 ch
156.01 km
to Hunstanton
to Middleton Towers
to King's Lynn Harbour
Harbour Junction
Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway
to Sutton Bridge & Melton Constable
St Germain's
Watlington
90 mi 70 ch
146.25 km
to Wisbech East
Holme
Stow Bardolph
Downham Market
86 mi 8 ch
138.56 km
Denver
Downham & Stoke Ferry Railway
to Stoke Ferry
Cut-off Channel
River Wissey
River Little Ouse
Ouse Bridge
Hilgay
Littleport
76 mi 0 ch
122.31 km
Breckland line
to Norwich
Ely–Peterborough line
to Peterborough
Queen Adelaide loop
River Great Ouse
Ely
70 mi 30 ch
113.26 km
Ipswich–Ely line
Waterbeach
61 mi 1 ch
98.19 km
Cambridge North
Cambridge & St Ives branch line
to St Ives
River Cam
Cambridge–Mildenhall line
Ipswich–Ely line
Cambridge
55 mi 52 ch
89.56 km
Varsity Line
Cambridge South
(opening in 2025)
Shepreth Branch Junction
Cambridge line
to Hitchin
West Anglia Main Line
to London Liverpool Street
Mileage from London Liverpool Street
The Fen Line is a railway line in the east of England that links Cambridge in the south to King's Lynn in the north. The line runs through Cambridgeshire and Norfolk and the name of the line refers to the Fens which cover parts of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Lincolnshire. It is 41 miles 47 chains (66.9 km) in length and has eight stations.
The line is part of the Network Rail Strategic Route 5 and comprises SRS 05.06 and part of 05.05. It is classified as a secondary line except between Cambridge and Ely where it is classified as a London and South East commuter line.[1]
^ abc"Route 5 – West Anglia" (PDF). Network Rail. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2009.
^Network Rail (August 2006). East Anglia Route Sectional Appendix. Vol. Module EA. p. 109 LOR EA1162 Seq007. NR30018/02.
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