Ely Railway Station - Services

Services

The station is served by four operators:

• CrossCountry trains provides an hourly service from Stansted Airport to Birmingham New Street. This service is routed via Cambridge, Peterborough and Leicester, and uses Class 170 Turbostar diesel multiple units.

• East Midlands Trains provides an (approximately) hourly service from Norwich to Liverpool via Peterborough, Nottingham, Sheffield, and Manchester. Services are operated using Class 158 diesel multiple units (or, occasionally, Class 156 diesel multiple units) which reverse at Ely.

• First Capital Connect serve the station as part of their service from London King's Cross to King's Lynn. Outside peak hours the services run non-stop between London and Cambridge as part of the half-hourly "Cambridge Cruiser" service. One train per hour then continues beyond Cambridge, stopping at all stations on the Fen Line to King's Lynn. The journey from King's Cross to Ely is timetabled to take just over an hour on the fastest services. Services are more frequent (up to every half an hour) during peak hours when demand is highest. During peak hours most trains divide (northbound) or couple (southbound) at Cambridge which adds some minutes to the journey time. In addition, during peak hours most services make additional stops between London Kings Cross and Cambridge which contributes further to an extended journey time. Some off-peak services can take as little as 1 hour and 3 minutes between London and Ely while during peak hours they can take up to 1 hour and 21 minutes. Most services are operated by Class 365 electrical multiple unit.

• Greater Anglia serves the station with three routes:
  • An hourly service between Cambridge and Norwich via the Breckland Line. These services use three coach Class 170 Turbostar units. Four units are diagrammed to work the hourly service.
  • A two hourly service between Ipswich and Peterborough via Bury St Edmunds. These services also use three coach Class 170 Turbostar diesel multiple units. Two units are diagrammed to work the two hourly service.
  • On weekdays there are four services that operate between Ely and London Liverpool Street in the morning peak, two of which originate at King's Lynn while the other two commence at Ely. There are four return journeys in the evening; one terminates at Ely while the other three continue to King's Lynn. There is no service on Saturday or Sunday. These services normally use Class 379 or Class 317 electrical multiple units.