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Great Northern Route Current Fleet
Express services between London King's Cross & Ely / King's Lynn / Peterborough 2014–2015
Semi-fast services between London King's Cross & Ely / Peterborough 2016–2017
Semi-fast services between London King's Cross & Ely / Peterborough 2016
Northern City Line: Services between Moorgate & Welwyn Garden City / Stevenage via Hertford North 2018 Great Northern Route Future Fleet Govia Thameslink Rail issued a tender in April 2023 for between 21 and 30 four-coach 100 mph (160 km/h) trains, with an estimated value of £48.6 million. Great Northern Route Past Fleet Trains formerly used on the Great Northern Route include, but are not limited to, the following:
Northern City Line: Services between London Moorgate and Welwyn Garden City / Hertford North / Watton-at-Stone 1976–1977 2019 Replaced by Class 717
Semi-Fast and Express services between London King's Cross and Peterborough / Cambridge 1981–1982 2017 Replaced by Class 387
Semi-Fast and Express services between London King's Cross and Peterborough / Cambridge 1989–1990 2016 Replaced by Class 387
Semi-fast services between London King's Cross and Ely / Peterborough 1994–1995 2021 Replaced by Class 387
Semi-fast services between London King's Cross & Ely / Peterborough 2016–2017 2022 Replaced by Class 387/3 Great Northern Route Future Developments
The Varsity Line connected Cambridge with Oxford via Sandy and Bedford ("Varsity" being slang for "University", those termini being major university towns). It was closed in 1968 but there are now plans to restore this route. Great Northern Route Overview Great Northern Route Franchise(s): Thameslink 2 March 1997 – 31 March 2006 West Anglia Great Northern 5 January 1997 – 31 March 2004 Great Northern 1 April 2004 – 31 March 2006 Thameslink and Great Northern 1 April 2006 – 14 Sep 2014 Part of Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern 14 Sep 2014 – 1 April 2028 Great Northern Route Main region(s): London, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Norfolk Great Northern Route Fleet size: 39 Class 387 Electrostar sets 25 Class 717 Desiro City sets Great Northern Route Stations Called At: 54 Great Northern Route Parent Company: Govia Thameslink Railway Great Northern Route Reporting Mark: GN Great Northern Route Track Gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge Great Northern Route Electrification: 25 kV 50 Hz AC OHLE 750 V DC third rail Great Northern Route Map King's Lynn Watlington Downham Market Littleport Ely Waterbeach Cambridge North Cambridge M11 motorway Foxton Shepreth Peterborough Meldreth Huntingdon Royston St Neots Ashwell & Morden St Neots South/Tempsford Sandy Baldock Biggleswade A1(M) motorway Arlesey Letchworth Garden City Hitchin Stevenage Knebworth Watton-at-Stone Welwyn North Hertford North Welwyn Garden City Bayford Hatfield Cuffley Welham Green M25 motorway Brookmans Park Crews Hill Potters Bar Gordon Hill M25 motorway Enfield Chase Hadley Wood Grange Park New Barnet Winchmore Hill Oakleigh Park Palmers Green New Southgate Bowes Park Alexandra Palace Hornsey Harringay Finsbury Park London King's Cross Drayton Park London St Pancras International Highbury & Islington Thameslink route Essex Road Old Street Moorgate | |||||
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