Trains at Ely, Fen line, 13/07/24

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.
Ely is a busy station with trains running to a variety of destinations including London, 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 are Great Northern, CrossCountry and East Midlands Railway.
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 by British Rail in the early 1990s, at the time that electrification of the line was taking place.
The station building was designed by Francis Thompson (architect) although Sancton Wood as chief architect is often given credit. On opening the station building had two Italianate towers - one at the north end and the other above the booking office. There were two cubed pavilions either side of an arcade. When the station opened it had three platforms and these were linked by a footbridge to the south of the station buildings. This footbridge was later replaced (sometime before 1902) by a substantial brick footbridge located at the north end of the station but by 1925 a subway had been constructed and this is in use today (2020).
In the 1920s there were carriage sidings to the east of the station which were used by stock for local all stations trains towards Newmarket, Peterborough, King's Lynn and Norwich. The engine shed and goods yard were located south of the station and a level crossing was located immediately north of the station. The level crossing existed because the underbridge had limited clearance so taller lorries had to travel this way sometimes causing delays to the railway services.
The station was rebuilt in the 1929/1930 by the LNER in a similar style and it is suspected that the towers were removed at that time. While the rest of the structures remained intact, during the remodelling in the 1990s the space for three tracks between the platforms (the third track had been removed some years earlier) was reduced to two and the lines through the station were electrified. On 1 November 2018 following the opening of the Ely bypass, the level crossing immediately north of the station was closed to road traffic.
One and a half miles north of the station the line splits three ways with the lines towards March and Peterborough, King's Lynn and Norwich. There is also a loop that allows for traffic from the King's Lynn and Norwich lines a direct route to March and Peterborough that diverges here and joins the Peterborough line at Ely West Junction.
We’ll be seeing services by Great Northern, Cross Country, East Midlands railway and some freight as well in the duration of the video.
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I really appreciated my time that was spent at Ely especially with what I managed to see in the time I was there for plus I haven’t to been to Ely for a whole year now but it was a great place to revisit after awhile.
My next station will be Norwich yes I know I went there recently however my last visit at Norwich wasn’t quite well but hopefully my revisit back there will be more improved.

[@julieblackman8636]

Another well put together video mate

[@eastlondontransport6468]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@NotDavidTrains]

Fun fact. 700017 had its Pantograph up with No overhead Wires at Sevenoaks station. This was due to it having a power reset and the driver had to switch it from DC TO AC a few times. It's somewhere on my channel.

[@eastlondontransport6468]

Ahh okay fair enough 😊

[@ElyAccessGuide]

I filmed a Stadler Flirt 755 lowering the pantograph at Ely on my other channel @trainbotofthefens8972 and it's my most viewed video

[@NotDavidTrains]

@@ElyAccessGuide they do that a lot as they have to go on Diesel lines

[@MistrzWiki]

Keep an eye 👀

[@ElyAccessGuide]

Was the other guy Tornado922 by any chance?

[@MistrzWiki]

July 29th of 2024 at 10:00 you have to go away and still be staying until 18:00

[@MistrzWiki]

10:00 Premiere tomorrow

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See you in 23 hours
Bother me
Ely station know that Crewe and Stafford PREMIERED 2 days ago

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Dozobacienua na 23 Godwin
O rety
Wiesz ze Crewe I Stafford xofawy 2 dni temu

[@MistrzWiki]

❤ For tomorrow we'll leave and we'll not see you PREMIEREING 😂

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Ógonek wycha na tej niespodzianka na jutro

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😢

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When you PREMIERE ,I will sing
7 years

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5

[@Joseph_6688]

The class 755 is boring because it doesn’t make any sound

[@MistrzWiki]

See later my friend alligator

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Sliverating
Thameslink trains don't go to Ely

[@ElyAccessGuide]

They do. There are Class 700s from Kings Cross. They're quite uncomfortable

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He isn't driveful