Local communities have been advised that improving rail services in and around Ely, including facilitating better intermodal freight services from Felixstowe, will require land purchases. Those are the messages from Network Rail as the consultation continues on the contentious but urgently needed remodelling of lines in and around the Cambridgeshire town of Ely. The current layout is constraining passenger and freight development. The project has been the subject of concerns over costs, but it is generally agreed that the project is needed for targets for net-zero operations will be hampered.