number of through trains from 6.5 to 11 per hour, all of this additional capacity would already be required for other services. Furthermore, according to Network Rail, even were it possible to create further train paths beyond this, the proposed 2 tph Wisbech–Cambridge service would be "in direct competition with other proposals for paths through Ely", suggesting that potential competitors for paths might include additional Cambridge–Norwich services extending new East West Rail services to Cambridge from Oxford; additional passenger services from the West Midlands to Cambridge, Stansted, or Norwich; and additional freight services, especially between the West Midlands and Felixstowe. Pro-rail advocacy group Railfuture has questioned whether 11 tph would be sufficient to reliably assure even the limited growth in freight traffic Network Rail says it is trying to achieve, given that a long slow freight train can need two train-path slots. Instead it suggests Network Rail should be more ambitious, arguing for a grade-separated flyover that would make trains between the West Midlands and Ipswich or Felixstowe independent of trains between Cambridge and Kings Lynn or Norwich. This it says could achieve 14 tph, with the possibility to increase this to 18 tph. Network Rail's review of responses to its Ely capacity consultation is expected later in 2023. In the meantime Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority have issued a new consultation, asking whether a shuttle or light-rail service between Wisbech and March should also be considered, as an alternative or interim measure. Earlier restoration discussions Plans to open the line as a passenger service have been discussed for many years. In 1974, "WAMRAC" (the Wisbech And March Railway Action Committee) was formed with the intention of reopening the Wisbech line to passenger traffic. The committee never achieved this goal, although on 1 July 1984 and the Railway Development Society (RDS, which now campaigns as Railfuture), the WAMRAC organised the last passenger train from Wisbech. This was a special train consisting of a Class 47 loco and ten British Rail Mk2 coaches, which ran from Wisbech to York and Scarborough. Cambridgeshire County Council considered re-opening the line between March and Wisbech to passengers in 1990, however a quote from British Rail of £1.36 million for the upgrading of the then operational freight line, coupled to an annual £200,000 operating charge, meant that this proposal was dropped. Bramley Line Heritage Railway Trust proposal The Wisbech March Railway Group was formed on