Opening Dates
The line was amalgamation of several existing lines, as well as the construction of some directly as part of the process of opening the joint line, which is described below. The table below records the opening dates in geographic order from south to north.
| Opening date | From | To | Built by/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 1847 | Chesterton Jn, Cambridge | St Ives | Eastern Counties Railway |
| 17 August 1847 | St Ives | Huntingdon | East Anglian Railway |
| 29 October 1851 | Huntingdon | Huntingdon Jn | East Anglian Railway |
| 1 February 1848 | St Ives | March South Jn | Eastern Counties Railway |
| 10 December 1846 | March South Jn | March East Jn | Eastern Counties Railway (opening actually Ely to Peterborough) |
| 3 May 1847 | March East Jn | Whitemoor Jn | Eastern Counties Railway |
| 1 April 1867 | Whitemoor Jn | Spalding | GNR |
| 17 October 1848 | Spalding area | - | GNR (opening as part of Peterborough - Boston) |
| 6 March 1882 | Spalding North Jn | Ruskington | GNGEJR |
| 1 August 1882 | Ruskington | Pyewipe Jn, Lincoln | GNGEJR |
| 9 April 1849 | Pyewipe Jn | Gainsborough West Jn | GNR |
| 15 July 1867 | Gainsborough West Jn | Black Carr Jn, Doncaster | GNR |
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