INTRODUCTION Today I will be suggesting the Fen line operated by Great Northern,Thameslink and LNER (owned by Govia Thameslink Railway & DfT OLR Holdings limited) this route will have 33 stations in total and will be 87 miles (141 km) long. THE ROUTE The route starts in Kings Cross, located in Greater London, ending at Kings Lynn, located in East England. STATIONS •London King's cross •Finsbury Park •Harringay •Hornsey •Alexandra Palace •New Southgate •Oakleigh Park •New Barnet •Hadley Wood •Potters Bar •Brookmans Park •Welham Green •Hatfield •Welwyn Garden City •Welwyn North •Knebworth •Stevenage •Hitchin •Letchworth Garden City •Baldock •Ashwell & Morden •Royston •Meldreth •Shepreth •Foxton •Cambridge South •Cambridge •Cambridge North •Waterbeach •Ely •Littleport •Downham Market •Watlington •King's Lynn ROLLING STOCK 387/1 387/3 The class 387, manufactured by Bombardier Transportation at Derby Litchurch Lane Works as part of the Electrostar family from 2014, 107 of these four car units were built with 74 387/1s and 22 operating For GN and 1 387/3 the maximum operating for Great Nothern. This train has a maximum operating speed of 110 mph [177 km/h]. The safety systems used are TPWS/AWS and ETCS 387/1 (4 car, electric, used on overhead electrified lines) 387/1- 224 seats 110 mph (177 km/h) Services: •King's Cross - Ely duration: 1 hour 20 minutes •Kings Cross - Letchworth Garden City duration: 50 minutes •Kings Cross - Welwyn Garden City duration: 35 minutes •Kings cross - Cambridge duration: 1 hour 15 minutes •Kings Cross - Kings Lynn duration: 1 hour 52 minutes 717/0 The Class 717 manufactured by Siemens Transportation System as part of the Desiro City family built in Krefeld and uerdingen from 2018 25 of these six car trains have a maximum speed of 85mph (137km/h) the safety systems used are TPWS/AWS and ETCS. 717/0 (6 car,electric, used on overhead electrified lines) 717/0 - 362 seats Services: ●Moorgate (Finsbury Park) - Welwyn Garden City ●Moorgate (Finsbury Park) - Stevenage/Hertford North 800/1 800/2 The class 800, manufactured by Hitachi as part of the AT300 family from 2015- 2018, 23 of these five - and nine car units built with 13 800/1s and 10 800/2s. This train has a maximum operating speed of 125 mph [200 km/h]. The safety systems used are TPWS/AWS,ETCS and BR ATP 800/1 (9 car, Bi-mode ,used on overhead electrified and un electrified lines ) 800/2 (5 car, Bi-mode ,used on overhead electrified and un electrified lines ) 800/1 - 596 seats 125 mph (200 km/h) 800/2 - 302 125 mph (200 km/h) Services: •King's Cross - Stevenage LAYERS -700 doing services to Cambridge from kings cross and some services from Finsbury park to Stevenage or Cambridge -801 doing services from kings cross to Stevenage DEPOTS -Hornsey Depot CONCLUSION Thanks for reading my suggestion hope you liked reading it
Given the scope of the route, we'd miss out on ECML South ever appearing in its entirety. I'll still take it.
