Ely

Ely
Description	The Fen Line, Breckland Line, and Ely to Peterborough Line
Country	United Kingdom
Time period	2022
Train Operating Company	Greater Anglia, Great Northern, CrossCountry, East Midlands Railway
Simulation difficulty
Author	Oxalin
Website	Ely
Route map Norwich Wymondham Mid Norfolk Railway Wymondham Down Sidings Spooner Row Attleborough Eccles Road Harling Road Thetford Kings Lynn Brandon Down Goods Loop Kings Lynn Yard Brandon Watlington Downham Market Lakenheath Littleport Shippea Hill Ely West Curve Ely Freight Terminal Manea Ely March Yard Ely Loops March Ipswich Wisbech Whittlesea Waterbeach Peterborough West Anglia Main Line

This simulation covers the Fen Line between Waterbeach and King's Lynn, the Breckland Line between Ely and Wymondham, and the Ely to Peterborough line as far as Whittlesea.

Ely acts as a major junction station between these lines, with all routes converging just north of the station. Additionally, the Ipswich to Ely line joins the Fen Line just south of Ely.

Timetable

A timetable for spring 2022 has been included, running from 04:00 until 03:59 the next morning (although few services operate overnight). The standard off-peak service frequencies are as follows:

Ely Services
Train Operating Company	Origin	Destination	Frequency (tph)
Greater Anglia	Peterborough	Ipswich	0.5
	Norwich	Stansted Airport	1
East Midlands Railway		Liverpool Lime Street	1
CrossCountry	Birmingham New Street	Stansted Airport	1
Great Northern	London King's Cross	Kings Lynn	1
		Ely	1

Some additional services operate in peak hours (particularly to King's Lynn), and plenty of freight services operate to various destinations along the route throughout the day, as it acts as a major through route to Felxistowe and Harwich.

Operational Tips

Suggested platform allocations have been provided for Ely, due to the limited platform space and large number of services passing through or changing direction at this station. While it is not essential to follow this, it is recommended to in order to avoid conflicting movements over the junctions as much as possible.

A large portion of these routes use multiple speed limits - a higher limit for passenger multiple units and a lower limit for loco-hauled freight services. As this is not possible to replicate in ROS, only the higher speed limit has been included. As such, freight services often end up running early. Be careful not to route them ahead of passenger services which may get stuck behind them later on. Don't be afraid to use the passing loops to let a freight train wait for its correct schedule again!

Several level crossings are present along the Breckland Line. These add an additional challenge to the simulation, as trains can't be routed to far ahead in order to not block roads for too long. Try not to make the trains stop at red signals though!