Talk:Ely and St Ives Railway

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Route box[edit]

Ely and St Ives railway map

Legend

					to Kings Lynn
					Breckland Line
					Cross Country Line
					Ely
					to Ipswich
					to Cambridge
					Stretham
					Wilburton
					Haddenham

					Sutton Goods
					Sutton
					Earith Bridge
					Bluntisham
					to March
					Needingworth Junction

					Huntingdon

					Huntingdon East
					East Coast Main Line
					Godmanchester

					St Ives Junction
					to Cambridge

This is an attempt to show how the St Ives end of the line relates to the current network. Anyone think it worth putting into the article? Thoughts? Britmax (talk) 09:57, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cost of fare and image[edit]

I am the significant editor of Little Thetford. The Little Thetford#Transport section has a little on this line and a wikimedia commons image of Stretham railways station. Basically, the return fare from Ely to Sutton was 2s 0d in 1866 which is 59.60 pounds sterling at 2008 prices. This may be why the line was not popular and why it closed to passengers (except for excursions) in 1931. Only issue is, the source is obscure. I paid my 10p for a photocopy of the part of the reference book I used and forgot to jot down the citation details :( I need a trip to the library to cite the source which I will do in a week or so. --Senra (talk) 17:00, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wow! Dug through my notes and found the ref. Oppitz, Leslie (1989). Easr Anglia railways remembered. Countryside Books, Newbury, Berkshire. pp. 58–59. ISBN 1853060402. --Senra (talk) 17:18, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]