Hitchin Flyover | |
|---|---|
 The flyover at Hitchin, where trains towards Cambridge now pass above the East Coast Main Line, rather than crossing on the level. | |
| Coordinates | 51°58′12″N 0°15′49″W / 51.96993°N 0.26355°W |
| Carries | Down Cambridge Flyover line |
| Crosses | East Coast Main Line |
| Named for | Hitchin |
| Characteristics | |
| No. of lanes | Single track |
| History | |
| Built | 2010 - 2012 |
| Construction start | 2010 |
| Construction end | 2013 |
| Opened | 2013 |
| Location | |
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The Hitchin Flyover is a grade-separated single-track railway viaduct near Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, which carries the Down Cambridge Flyover line[1] over the East Coast Main Line. Constructed between 2012 and 2013, it connects the westernmost track of the East Coast Main Line with the Cambridge line. The flyover was built to increase the throughput at Cambridge Junction,[2] a congested flat junction, which put severe constraints on capacity on both lines.
- ^ "NR London North Eastern Sectional Appendix / LN125 Seq 001" (PDF). Network Rail. January 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
- ^ "NR London North Eastern Sectional Appendix / LN101 Seq 010" (PDF). Network Rail. January 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2015.