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March Railways
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LNER A4 Sir Nigel Gresley in 2010'
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The York Yuletide Express
LNER A4 Sir Nigel Gresley was on the The York Yuletide Express from Norwich to York and return on the 16th December 2010 it came into March were it stopped to pick up passengers. The weather was cold.
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March GBRf Depot
A pair of Class 20s with 20 142 in BR blue and 20 199 BR green at the GBRf depot at March. This used to be the South Down Station Yard Goods Shed on 13th March 2010
(This photo by Paul Conway)
GBRf class 66710 also at March South down station goods shed on the 23rd of November 2010
March
March railway station is in the town of March which is in the county of Cambridgeshire in eastern England. The station is 14 miles from Peterborough on the railway line to Ely.
March is in the flat fens, were farming was the main industry till the railway came. The GER railway line ran from
Ely to
March and then to Peterborough is still open.
There was also a line from St Ives and one to Spalding by the now closed GN&GEJR . There was also a line from Wisbech (the track of which is still in place from March to Wisbech but is not joined to the main network. (This lines may well be come a heritage line or even re-open)
At Whitemoor one of Europe biggest freight marshalling yards was built at March. When this had all but closed, a new
NetworkRail Distribution Centre was built on the southern part of the site of of The Old Whitemoor Yard. This was opened in 2004. Whitemoor Prison had been built on the northern part of what was once one of Europe biggest marshalling yards
Page updated 8/5/2019
