The village of Eastre  is between Whittlesea and Turves . Coates and Eastre villages are very close to the town of Whittlesea. The new houses being build in Whittlesea will soon nearly joint up with these villages.

 

There is a fair amout of freight on this line with a lot of Intermodal container trains from and to the Port of Felixstowe. There is also aggregates for construction, and to the Network Rail Depot at March.

 

 

DB class 66085 class 66 is at Eastrea between Whittlesea and Turves heading for March and Ely on Monday 27th of March 2023

 

Many of the roads and posts in the Fens peat seem to be moving at funny angles after all the heat and rain with the track often the only thing level.

 

 

 

Class 66749 Christopher Hopcroft MBE light engine on the crossing at Eatrea on 27th March 2023

 

The railway line between Peterborough and March runs from Peterborough railway station and across the River Nene and then under the ECML,  past the site of Peterborough East station. Peterborough East was the main Great Eastern Railway Peterborough  station for this line. This station was closed and all services transferred to the Great Northern Peterborough North station, now called just plain Peterborough.

 

The railway line then heads out of Peterborough to Kings Dyke were there are still brick works. There is a signal box at Kings Dyke on the main Peterborough Whittlesea road. The first and only station is at Whittlesea which is still open. There is a signal box called Whittlesea here.

 

The railway line heads out across the fens to March. At Turves a small hamlet or village there is a signal box called Three Horse Shoes.

 

The railway station at March is still open and there is a Network Rail Infrastructure Yard on the site of the old Marshalling Yard at Whitemoor.