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Roland Perry · December 20th 15, 07:57 AM posted to uk.transport.london,cam.transport

In message , at 16:26:18
on Sat, 19 Dec 2015, remarked:

When Ely North Junction was rationalised there was no direct
Cambridge-Norwich service (introduced in 2002) and the idea of half-hourly
trains to and from King's Lynn was in the land of the fairies. There was no
Ipswich-Peterborough service either.

I used to get that from Peterborough to Ely, to change onto a train for
Cambridge. Operated by a dogbox, but rammed full and
standing-everywhere. A lot of people got off at Whittlesea though.

Before then, was the Soham branch freight-only, or did they run
something as far north as Ely?

People forget how much rail traffic has grown since privatisation.

And especially in the Cambridge vicinity. When I was travelling between
Royston and London in around 2002 the 7.45 from Cambridge was just 4
cars, coupling to an additional 4 cars at Royston.
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Roland Perry