The Calder Valley line is a railway route in Northern England between the cities of Leeds and Manchester as well as the seaside resort of Blackpool. It is the slower of the two main rail routes between Leeds and Manchester,and the northernmost of the three main trans-Pennine routes.
Westerfield railway station is on a branch line off the Great Eastern Main Line,in the East of England,serving the village of Westerfield,Suffolk. It is 3 miles 41 chains (5.7 km) down the line from Ipswich and 72 miles 25 chains (116.4 km) measured from London Liverpool Street. It is situated at a junction of the Felixstowe Branch Line to Felixstowe and the East Suffolk Line to Lowestoft. Its three-letter station code is WFI.
Ipswich railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line in the East of England,serving the town of Ipswich,Suffolk. It is 68 miles 59 chains (110.6 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and,on the main line,it is situated between Manningtree to the south and Needham Market to the north.
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 to King's Lynn. It is an important junction for three other lines;the Ely to Peterborough Line,the Ipswich to Ely Line and the Norwich to Ely line.
Cambridge railway station is the principal station serving the city of Cambridge in the east of England. It stands at the end of Station Road,1 mile (1.6 km) south-east of the city centre. It is the northern terminus of the West Anglia Main Line,55 miles 52 chains (89.6 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street,the southern terminus.
Syston railway station is a railway station serving the town of Syston in Leicestershire,England. The station is on the Midland Main Line from Leicester to Loughborough,103 miles 63 chains (167.0 km) down the line from London St Pancras.
Peterborough railway station serves the city of Peterborough,Cambridgeshire,England. It is 76 miles 29 chains (122.9 km) down the East Coast Main Line from London King's Cross. The station is a major interchange serving both the north–south ECML,as well as long-distance and local east–west services. The station is managed by London North Eastern Railway. Ticket gates came into use at the station in 2012.
The Ipswich–Ely line is a railway line linking East Anglia to the English Midlands via Ely. There is also a branch line to Cambridge. Passenger services are operated by Abellio Greater Anglia. It is a part of Network Rail Strategic Route 5,SRS 05.07,05.08 and part of SRS 07.03. The line has previously been part of the Great Eastern Main Line.
Stowmarket railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML) in the East of England,serving the town of Stowmarket,Suffolk. It is 80 miles 9 chains (128.9 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Needham Market to the south and Diss to the north. It is also the junction where the Ipswich to Ely Line joins the GEML. Its three-letter station code is SMK.
Sudbury railway station is the northern terminus of the Gainsborough Line,a branch off the Great Eastern Main Line in the East of England,serving the town of Sudbury,Suffolk. It is 11 miles 67 chains (19.05 km) down the line from the southern terminus of Marks Tey and 58 miles 32 chains (93.99 km) measured from London Liverpool Street;the preceding station on the branch is Bures. Its three-letter station code is SUY. The platform has an operational length for two-coach trains.
Newmarket railway station is a station in the inner-city suburb of Newmarket in Auckland,New Zealand. It serves the Southern,Onehunga and Western Lines of the Auckland railway network,and is the second-busiest station in Auckland,after Britomart.
Brierfield railway station serves the town of Brierfield,Lancashire,England and is on the East Lancashire Line 2+1⁄4 miles (3.6 km) east of Burnley Central railway station towards Colne. The station is managed by Northern,who also provide all passenger trains serving it.
Bury St Edmunds railway station serves the town of Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk,England. The station is on the Ipswich–Ely line and all trains calling there are operated by Greater Anglia.
Dullingham is a railway station that serves the village of Dullingham in Cambridgeshire,England. It is about 1 mile (1.6 km) north-west of the centre of the village. It is also the nearest railway station to the town of Haverhill in Suffolk,which is about 9 miles away. The station,and all trains serving it,are operated by Greater Anglia. Facilities are a ticket machine,a car park,bicycle storage and a small shelter on the platform by the signal box. Originally opened by the Newmarket Railway in 1848 but closed in July 1850 to be reopened in September 1850 when the current route to/from Cambridge was completed the following year and the line east to Chippenham Junction in 1854.
Elmswell serves the village of Elmswell in Suffolk,England. The station,and all trains serving it,are today operated by Greater Anglia.
The Stour Valley Railway is a partially closed railway line that ran between Shelford,near Cambridge and Marks Tey in Essex,England. The line opened in sections between 1849 and 1865. The route from Shelford to Sudbury closed on 6 March 1967 leaving only the section from Sudbury to Marks Tey,known as the Gainsborough Line,in operation.
Newmarket (Suffolk) railway station was opened by the Great Eastern Railway on 7 April 1902. It is on the Ipswich–Ely line and is 800 yards (730 m) south of the site of the original Newmarket station. Since March 2013,passenger services have been operated by Abellio Greater Anglia.
Higham railway station was a station serving Higham in the English county of Suffolk. It was opened by the Great Eastern Railway in 1854 when the railway was extended from Newmarket to Bury St Edmunds. From 1929 onwards the four station staff were replaced by a 'Porter-in-charge' until the station's closure by British Railways in 1967.
Soham railway station is a station on the Ipswich–Ely line,serving the town of Soham in Cambridgeshire. The original station operated between 1879 and 1965. It was reopened in 2021.
The Railways in Ely are an important interchange point between several routes in England. There are junctions north and south of the city where rail routes from Suffolk and Norfolk connect with routes to London,the Midlands,the north of England,and Scotland. Several rail freight operating companies use these routes and four passenger train operating companies provide services through Ely.
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