The Anonymous Widower

To Ely In A Class 387 Train

I’ve not used one of the Class 387 trains on this route before.

It was nice to get a table to be able to lay my paper flat.

I was going via Ely to Ipswich for two reasons.

• Yet again, there was no direct service between Liverpool Street and Ipswich.
• Ely makes a change from Cambridge and I wanted to photograph the level crossing.

These are some of the pictures I took.

Note.

• With a bit of smartening up, the Class 387 train makes the newer Class 700 train, look very ordinary.
• The Ely by-pass is coming on.
• The level crossing by the station is one of the UK’s worst.

Ely is becoming a much more important interchange, with five train operating companies using the station.

April 2, 2018 - Posted by AnonW | Travel | Class 387 Trains, Ely, Level Crossing