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Helpston is a village on the The East Coast Main Line main line just to the north of Peterborough Helpston signal boxHelpston signal box on the 16th August 2010 Helpston signal box is to the north of Peterborough and was built by the Great Northern Railway (GNR) on the East Coast Main line and it is still open today (2015) but now only controls the barriers at this level crossing. This box opened in 1998 and replaced a earlier box. This box was made bigger in 1923. In around early 1970s the frame was removed and replced with a panel to work the gates as part of the East Coast resignalling ready for the overhead wires. The signals were replaced with colour lights to be controlled from the then new Peterborough power box. Helpston is a village on the The East Coast Main Line main line just to the north of Peterborough. The ECML runs from London to Edinburgh. The G.N.R and then the L.N.E.R used to run this line be for BR. This line has now been electrified, and is one of the top railways in the U.K. GNER took over the Inter City trains from London to Scotland and Leeds previously run by British Rail. Then from December 2007 National Express took over these services. Today in January 2015 East Coast runs these trains. But will soon be replaced by a new operater of these services. At Helpston the Peterborough to Leicester line which has run along side the ECML since Peterborough station heads westwards towards Stamford and away from ECML at the north of the village. This line runs to the rear of the GNR signal box. The ECML down slow has used the Leicester line down line from Peterborough to Helpston be for then rejoining the ECML in front of the signal box. There are over head wires on the Leicester line down line only up to Helpston. There was a Helpston station only on the Midland railways Stamford to Leicester line. Helpston station is now closed. Rear of Helpston signal box. There is only a small window at the rear of the box as a Mildland Railway signal box controlled the Leicester line in the forground. One would have thought that the windows in the box would now have been made clear to give the gate person a better view of the road barriers were I am standing. Perhaps the signal person uses the CTV to veiw the gates. View in 2009 of the now Grade: II listed goods shed at Helpston which are now offices I think
Helpston is a village on the The East Coast Main Line main line just to the north of Peterborough. The ECML runs from London to Edinburgh. The G.N.R and then the L.N.E.R used to run this line be for BR. This line has now been electrified, and is one of the top railways in the U.K. At Helpston the Peterborough to Leicester line which has run along side the ECML since Peterborough station heads westwards towards Stamford and away from ECML at the north of the village. This line runs to the rear of the GNR signal box. The ECML down slow has used the Leicester line down line from Peterborough to Helpston be for then rejoining the ECML in front of the signal box. There are over head wires on the Leicester line down line only up to Helpston.
There are five level crossings in about 3 miles around Helpston. one is at Woodcloft to the south of Helpston this one is on the road to Marhom and is operated by hand my a gatekeper across both the ECML and Stamford line. The next one is at the the signal box at Heplston across the B1143 Glinton road. This is a busy road, with long tail backs of cars. The next level crosing is in Helpston on the Maxey road. Then has the Stamford line moves away from the ECML there is one level crossing on the Stamford line near the Bainton Fisheries on the road to West Deeping and one on same road across the ECML at Lolham .
On Tuesday 13th December 2011 Network Rail announced a 43 million pound upgrade of Peterborough railway station starting in April 2012 and to be completed by December 2013. There wass still some work going on in Febuary 2014 The old Platform 1 the up bay platform has been removed. The old Platform 2 is to be renumbered as the NEW Platform 1. Platform 3 becomes the New platform 2 and a New platform 3 has been built on the up fast line. .
There is also a page on trains in Helpston in BR Blue days
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list of Helpston and Lolham Pages
Helpston Tornado on The Cathedrals Express 30th of June in 2012, at Lolham crossing Tornado day 1 of The Cathedrals Explorer 18th May ECML Helpston 2012 Oliver Cromwell on The Peak Forester on Sunday 29th May 2012
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