Talk:Ely and St Ives Railway

Latest comment: 14 years ago by Senra in topic Cost of fare and image

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Ely and St Ives railway map
 
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

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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