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2002-09-02 ANG-001
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New direct Norwich to Cambridge service and more local trains feature in Anglia railways' new winter timetable
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   New direct Norwich to Cambridge service and more local trains feature in Anglia railways' new winter timetable
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type Press release
Anglia Railways has published details of their new winter timetable, commencing Sunday 29 September 2002. Improvements for the winter include the exciting development of the new, direct Norwich to Cambridge route, plus more local train services.
Key improvements include:
o Start of the new, direct Norwich to Cambridge service with 15 trains in each direction on weekdays and 10 on Sundays. Services will call at Norwich, Wymondham, Attleborough, Thetford, Ely and Cambridge.
o On Saturdays 4 extra morning services from London (09.00, 10.00, 11.00 & 12.00) to Norwich will call additionally at Stowmarket and Diss, to provide more trains for shoppers heading to Norwich. On Saturdays afternoons, the 13.30, 14.30, 15.30 & 16.30 services from Norwich to London will also call at Diss and Stowmarket for returning shoppers.
o On the Wherry Lines in response to customer demand, an additional morning peak service will operate on Mondays to Fridays from Lowestoft to Norwich, departing at 07.34. Also, extra Saturday services will operate between Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Norwich in the mid-evening period.
o Extra Saturday services will also run between Ipswich and Cambridge / Peterborough at the following times: 08.25 and 13.12 Peterborough to Ipswich; 16.16 and 19.16 Cambridge to Ipswich; 06.33 and 10.27 Ipswich to Peterborough; 15.30 and 17.44 Ipswich to Cambridge.
o Ipswich to Felixstowe Sunday services will continue to operate through the period of the winter timetable.
Tim Clarke, Anglia Railways' managing director said: "We are all very excited by the prospect of the new, direct Norwich to Cambridge service commencing later this month, but we are also pleased to positively respond to customer demands by introducing even more local train services across the region."
Advance copies of Anglia Railways' new winter mainline and local timetables are available now from staffed stations.
Click here to see the full timetable or call National Rail Enquiries on 08457 48 49 50. The winter timetable runs from Sunday 29 September 2002 to Saturday 17 May 2003.
The London Crosslink service is discontinued from Saturday 28 September.
Railhub Archive ::: 2002-09-02 ANG-001
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