Infrastructure
The line shares the route between Ipswich and Haughley junction with the Great Eastern Main Line which is classified as primary line. The section between Haughley junction and Ely is classified as secondary line with the Cambridge branch being classified as rural.
The line from Ipswich to part way between Kennett and Ely is double track with the remainder, plus the Cambridge branch, being single track (with a passing loop at Dullingham). Where the line is separate from the Great Eastern Main Line it is not electrified and has a line speed of between 40-75 mph. It has a loading gauge of W10 between Ipswich and Ely with the Cambridge branch being W8.
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