- Hitchin-Cambridge Line
Infobox rail line
name = Hitchin-Cambridge Line
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type =Heavy rail
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locale =Cambridgeshire Hertfordshire
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owner =Network Rail
operator =First Capital Connect
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stock =British Rail Class 317 British Rail Class 365
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notrack =Double track throughout
gauge =Standard gauge
el =25 kV AC OHLE
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map_state = collapsedThe Hitchin-Cambridge Line links Hitchin inHertfordshire with Cambridge and forms part of the route between London King's Cross andEast Anglia . It is an alternative to theWest Anglia Main Line , which links London Liverpool Street to Cambridge. Services in the line are run byFirst Capital Connect . It exists as a distinct line only between Cambridge (where it shares tracks for a while with theWest Anglia Main Line ) and Hitchin (north of which it merges with theEast Coast Main Line ).The line is electrified at
25 kV AC , usingoverhead line equipment .tations
"In order from southwest to north."
*Hitchin
*Letchworth Garden City
*Baldock
*Ashwell and Morden
*Royston
*Meldreth
*Shepreth
*Foxton
*CambridgeReferences
External links
* [http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/BusinessPlan2007/PDF/Route%208%20ECML.pdf ECML route plan from Network Rail]
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