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Peterborough Railways
2014- 2020
Avoiding Line 2018 (2)
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Goods avoiding line in 2018
Freightliner class 66529 in the Goods avoiding line on the 19th April 2018
GBRf class 66702 'Blue Lighting' in the Goods avoiding line on the 19th April 2018
DB class 66074 in the Goods avoiding line on the 23rd of June in 2018
GBRf class 66707 'Sir Sam Fay' in the Goods avoiding line on the 23rd of June in 2018
DB class 66103 in the Goods avoiding line on the 4th of July in 2018
GBRf class 66718 'Sir Peter Hendy CBE' in the Goods avoiding line on the 23rd of June in 2018
Peterborough Station goods avoiding line .
This line was put in as part of the upgrade at Peterborough railway station in 2014. Trains can run both ways along this line, like most the other lines in Peterborough station.
Platform 6 and 7 the new Island platform were built, were the old goods loops were, along side platform 5, so the 2 goods avoiding lines had to be moved. Just one new avoiding line was built along side the new platform 7.
Crew change overs and waiting for a clear run beteween the passenger trains to cross over the ECML into Westwood Yard or onto the GNR loop line by way of Spalding and Doncaster. Freight will often if using the Stamford or March line wait to follow a unit stoping at all stations .