Ely and St Ives Railway

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	The '''Ely and St Ives Railway''' was a railway company that opened a line between those places (in Cambridgeshire, England) in 1878. It was an extension of the privately promoted '''Ely, Haddenham & Sutton Railway''' that had opened in 1866. It was a [[standard gauge]] single track. The line was worked by the neighbouring [[Great Eastern Railway]] but it was never profitable. The development of road transport services in the 1920s caused a steep decline in use of the line, and the passenger service was withdrawn in 1931. A goods service continued, but the line closed completely in 1964. No railway activity takes place on the route now.		The '''Ely and St Ives Railway''' was a railway company that opened a line between those places (in Cambridgeshire, England) in 1878. It was an extension of the privately promoted '''Ely, Haddenham and Sutton Railway''' that had opened in 1866. It was a [[standard gauge]] single track. The line was worked by the neighbouring [[Great Eastern Railway]] but it was never profitable. The development of road transport services in the 1920s caused a steep decline in use of the line, and the passenger service was withdrawn in 1931. A goods service continued, but the line closed completely in 1964. No railway activity takes place on the route now.

	==Origins==		==Origins==