Our latest trek took us through Cambridgeshire to Suffolk. At Sudbury, the old station was replaced by a new platform on a different site further from the middle of town, thus freeing up land in the centre for other uses - as at St Ives, Fort William, Looe, etc. The rail route to Bury St Edmunds, an attractive town with ancient abbey remains, cathedral, gardens and quirky side streets on a medieval grid-iron pattern was abandoned, and so Sudbury is now at the end of the branch from Marks Tey, where the main line links it to London Liverpool Street.
I was wondering how I had managed to avoid the delight that is Ely for all this time - also with an impressive cathedral surrounded by parkland, a vibrant Saturday market, the Jubilee Gardens dropping down to the River Great Ouse, the distinctive Maltings building, a riverside arts centre and the award-winning Peacocks Tearoom. The surprisingly busy railway crosses the river here and top and tail Direct Rail Services Class 37 No. 37059 and Regional Railways liveried No. 37425 Concrete Bob obliged on a short freight.
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