The Fen Line is a railway line in the east of England that links Cambridge in the south to King's Lynn in the north. The line runs through Cambridgeshire...
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King's Lynn railway station is the northern terminus of the Fen line in the east of England, serving the town of King's Lynn, Norfolk. It is 41 miles 47 chains...
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A fen is a type of peat-accumulating wetland fed by mineral-rich ground or surface water. It is one of the main types of wetland along with marshes, swamps...
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The line is 51 miles 8 chains (82.2 km) in length, from where it branches off the Fen line north of Ely to where it joins the Great Eastern Main Line south...
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The Fens or Fenlands in eastern England are a naturally marshy region supporting a rich ecology and numerous species. Most of the fens were drained centuries...
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Forsyth–Edwards Notation (redirect from FEN (chess))
needed. A FEN record defines a particular game position, all in one text line and using only the ASCII character set. A text file with only FEN data records...
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specifically, the line ran from Chesterton Junction, where it met the present-day Fen line north of the River Cam. Passenger services along the line managed to...
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The Varsity Line was the main railway line that linked the English university cities of Oxford and Cambridge, operated by the London and North Western...
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of Chesterton, close to Cambridge Science Park. The station is on the Fen Line, which runs from Cambridge to King's Lynn. It connects to the Cambridgeshire...
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Express. No. 216. p. 55. The Fenman EXTRA Newsletter of the Fen Line Users Association (PDF). Fen Line Users Association. November 2006. p. 1. Archived from...
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East West Rail (redirect from East West Main Line)
to establish a new main line railway between East Anglia and South Wales. The immediate plan is to build (or rebuild) a line linking Oxford and Cambridge...
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Car Dyke (section Fens Waterways Link)
large extent still is, a long ditch which runs along the western edge of the Fens in eastern England for a distance of over 57 miles (92 km). It is generally...
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terminus of three secondary routes: the Fen line to King's Lynn, the Breckland line to Norwich and the Ipswich–Ely line to Ipswich. It is the thirteenth busiest...
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Downham Market railway station (formerly Downham) is on the Fen line in the east of England, serving the town of Downham Market, Norfolk. It is 86 miles...
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closely follows this route. Ely railway station, built in 1845, is on the Fen Line and is now a railway hub, with lines north to King's Lynn, northwest to...
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Ely railway station is on the Fen line in the east of England, serving the cathedral city of Ely, Cambridgeshire. It is 70 miles 30 chains (113.3 km) from...
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Littleport railway station is on the Fen line in the east of England, serving the village of Littleport, Cambridgeshire. It is 76 miles (122 km) measured...
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The Great Eastern Main Line hosts inter-city services from Norwich to Liverpool Street, via Ipswich and Colchester. The Fen line provides regular services...
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Waterbeach railway station is on the Fen line in the east of England, serving the village of Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire. It is 61 miles 1 chain (98.2 km)...
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opened in 1845. Trains run to King's Lynn and Ely (via the Fen Line), Norwich (via the Breckland Line), Leicester, Birmingham New Street, Peterborough, Stevenage...
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Watlington railway station (formerly known as Magdalen Road) is on the Fen line in the east of England, serving the village of Watlington, Norfolk. It...
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Buckinghamshire, England. The original station (1850–1968) was on the former Varsity Line between Cambridge and Oxford. As of August 2023[update], construction of...
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The Cambridge line runs from Cambridge junction north of Hitchin on the East Coast Main Line to Shepreth Branch Junction south of Cambridge on the West...
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The Ely–Peterborough line (also known as the Hereward Line) is a railway line in England, linking East Anglia to the Midlands. It is a part of the Network...
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suburb of Trumpington. The station will be on the Cambridge line and the West Anglia Main Line, and is scheduled to open in 2025. A new station was proposed...
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Anglia Main Line is one of the two main line railways that operate out of Liverpool Street (the other being the Great Eastern Main Line to Ipswich and...
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Great Northern route (redirect from Great Northern Line)
south of Peterborough Cambridge Line Additionally, the main service on the Fen Line is provided as part of the route. All services are provided by EMUs. At...
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(12.6 km) line to the Market town and Port of Wisbech which was reached by an almost straight north-easterly route across The Fens and a line south to...
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other areas of the country. King's Lynn railway station, terminus of the Fen Line, is the sole railway facility in King's Lynn. It provides regular services...
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Wicken Fen is a 254.5-hectare (629-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Wicken in Cambridgeshire. It is also a National Nature...
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