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Cambridge

Waterbeach

Ely (for Peterborough ,
Ipswich and Breckland Line )

Littleport

Downham Market

Watlington

King's Lynn

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The Fen Line (somethimes Fenline without the space) runs from Cambridge in Cambridgeshire to King's Lynn in Norfolk , in East Anglia , England . It is so called because it runs through The Fens .

The towns and villages served by the route are listed below.

Train services on the line are operated several operators.
  • First Capital Connect operate through services to London King's Cross via Cambridge and Stevenage . These services operate non-stop between London and Cambridge for most of the day, as part of the half-hourly "Cambridge Cruiser" service. One train an hour is extended beyond Cambridge to serve all stations to King's Lynn. These services usually use Class 365 Electrical Multiple Unit s, although lower-speed Class 317 units are used occasionally.

  • There are three "named" units, the first unit (365518) is named "The Fenman" which was previously a "named train" that used to operate on this line, consisting of a locomotive-hauled Inter-City service. The second unit (365531) has been named "Nelson's County - Norfolk", this unit has had a special livery applied to the outside which shows various scenes of West Norfolk. Wagns last naming was unit 365 527, this was named on 10th March 2006 "FLUA 21" after the 21st Anniversary of the Fen Line Users Association



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Following the recent transfer of West Anglia Main Line services to 'One', other Fen Line services will become part of the Thameslink Great Northern franchise from April 2006 and will be operated by First Group .