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As part of a new platform layout at Peterborough station in 2014 some of the platforms numbers have now been changed '
   
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Helpston is a village on the The East Coast Main Line main line just to the north of Peterborough

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Helpston signal box on the 16th August 2010

Helpston 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.

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Woodcroft level crosing to south of Helpston

   
 

Lolham

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Tornado on The Cathedrals Express 30th of June in 2012, at Lolham crossing

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Tornado day 1 of The Cathedrals Explorer 18th May ECML Helpston 2012

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Oliver Cromwell on The Peak Forester on Sunday 29th May 2012

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Tornado with a steam movement on 10th April from the NVR in 2012

   
 

A4 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley 28th November 2009 at Lolham level crossing

 

Bittern on The Talisman 1st March in 2008 at Lolham level crossing

 

Union of South Africa 60009 at Lolham crossing in July 2008

 

GNER class 91s on 10th August 2007 at Lolham level crossing

 

East Midland Trains 158 and Hull Trains 222 Lolham 2008

   
 

 

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.

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. 

goods shed at Helpston 2009

 View in 2009 of the now Grade: II listed goods shed at Helpston which are now offices I think

 

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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.

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As part of a new platform layout at Peterborough station in 2014 some of the platforms numbers have now been changed '
 
  The up fast line now has a New platform on it in 2014 with the number number 3 
 
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Mainline steam at Peterborough

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This website is Ukrailways1970tilltoday.me.uk  it is on railways, but it is not just on trains, but all things railways, with photos, which I have taken from the 1970s till now. I take photos of all things railways, steam diesel and electric trains, signal boxes, wagons any thing that is on the National Rail network, which was BR when I started taken photos.

Today EWS, East Coast, Central trains and EWS are just some of the names on the trains. The name on the train does not mean, thats whos train it is these days. These names keep changing, but that means I have to keep taking photos. I also take photos of preserved railways with steam diesel and electric trains.There is lots more to add and I keep taking More!