Trains at: Ely, Fen Line, 10/07/21
A very good afternoon spent at Ely on the Fen Line where we see plenty of services from Great Northern, East Midlands Railway, Cross Country, Greater Anglia and plenty of freight from GBRF. The station was built and opened in 1845 by the Eastern Counties Railway at a cost of £81,500 back then. I dread to think how much it would be if that were built today, especially because of the geography of the terrain that the line is built on. The station was always busy because from its outset its always been used as a junction station linking Cambridge, Peterborough and the surrounding areas to London. There isn't to much to tell about this station other than during the 1990's British Rail modified the station quite substantially in order for electrification to take place, although not every line coming out of Ely is electrified today. My next station will be Grantham on the East Coast Mainline. Joining me today was TGSUK Productions so please do check out his channel. If you would like to help support the channel you can do so by donating to the PayPal link found down below, any and all funds will go straight back into the channel to help better the content by allowing me to go further afield for you all. https://paypal.me/jazzman92?locale.x=en_GB If you have any trackside locations or stations you would like to see me to go to then please do let me know and I will see what I can do for you. You can find me on Facebook through the group Tornado922, there you will find regular updates, videos and photos from all of my goings on throughout 2021. You can also find me on Instagram through the name tornado922 where it isn't just rail related content that I produce.
A very good afternoon spent at Ely on the Fen Line where we see plenty of services from Great Northern, East Midlands Railway, Cross Country, Greater Anglia and plenty of freight from GBRF. The station was built and opened in 1845 by the Eastern Counties Railway at a cost of £81,500 back then. I dread to think how much it would be if that were built today, especially because of the geography of the terrain that the line is built on. The station was always busy because from its outset its always been used as a junction station linking Cambridge, Peterborough and the surrounding areas to London. There isn't to much to tell about this station other than during the 1990's British Rail modified the station quite substantially in order for electrification to take place, although not every line coming out of Ely is electrified today. My next station will be Grantham on the East Coast Mainline. Joining me today was TGSUK Productions so please do check out his channel. If you would like to help support the channel you can do so by donating to the PayPal link found down below, any and all funds will go straight back into the channel to help better the content by allowing me to go further afield for you all. https://paypal.me/jazzman92?locale.x=en_GB If you have any trackside locations or stations you would like to see me to go to then please do let me know and I will see what I can do for you. You can find me on Facebook through the group Tornado922, there you will find regular updates, videos and photos from all of my goings on throughout 2021. You can also find me on Instagram through the name tornado922 where it isn't just rail related content that I produce.