Fen line

Fen Line
First Capital Connect Class 365 Networker Express passing through Runcton Holme in 2012
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Network Rail
Locale	East of England
Termini	Cambridge King's Lynn
Stations	8
Service
Type	Heavy rail
System	National Rail
Operator(s)	Great Northern Greater Anglia CrossCountry
Rolling stock	Class 170 "Turbostar"[1] Class 387 "Electrostar" Class 720 "Aventra" Class 755 "FLIRT"
Technical
Line length	41 miles 47 chains (66.9 km)
Number of tracks	1-2
Character	Secondary\London & South-East[1]
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	25 kV AC OHLE
Operating speed	90 mph (145 km/h) maximum[2]
Route map (Click to expand)

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Legend
King's Lynn 96 mi 75 ch 156.01 km to Hunstanton to Middleton Towers to King's Lynn Harbour Harbour Junction Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway to Sutton Bridge & Melton Constable St Germain's Watlington 90 mi 70 ch 146.25 km to Wisbech East Holme Stow Bardolph Downham Market 86 mi 8 ch 138.56 km Denver Downham & Stoke Ferry Railway to Stoke Ferry Cut-off Channel River Wissey River Little Ouse Ouse Bridge Hilgay Littleport 76 mi 0 ch 122.31 km Breckland line to Norwich Ely–Peterborough line to Peterborough Queen Adelaide loop River Great Ouse Ely 70 mi 30 ch 113.26 km Ipswich–Ely line Waterbeach 61 mi 1 ch 98.19 km Cambridge North Cambridge & St Ives branch line to St Ives River Cam Cambridge–Mildenhall line Ipswich–Ely line Cambridge 55 mi 52 ch 89.56 km Varsity Line Cambridge South (opening in 2025) Shepreth Branch Junction Cambridge line to Hitchin West Anglia Main Line to London Liverpool Street
Mileage from London Liverpool Street

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 and Norfolk and the name of the line refers to the Fens which cover parts of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Lincolnshire. It is 41 miles 47 chains (66.9 km) in length and has eight stations.

The line is part of the Network Rail Strategic Route 5 and comprises SRS 05.06 and part of 05.05. It is classified as a secondary line except between Cambridge and Ely where it is classified as a London and South East commuter line.^[1]