This class 91 has had just the Virgin red logos added to its sides while it waits for a full paint job.  It would soon need yet another one in 2018 from Virgin to to LNER

Duchess of Sutherland coming into platform 4 at Peterborough on Saturday the 31st of October in 2015 with "The White Rose". (Even if  it has a Royal Scot headbord) to York from Kings Cross in London.

Great Northern class 365525 in platform 4 at Peterborough on Saturday the 31st October in 2015. The train had just come from Kings Cross and had just termenated, and many passengers had left the train about 4 mins ago. The driver has gone to the other end of the train and will head for the Nene carrage siding ECS when he gets the signal.

Platform four and 5 at Peterborough were built when the two fast lines were put in. Platform four started being used on the 25th June 1972 ready for when the new though lines opened on the 2nd May 1973.

Platform 4 at Peterborough station has kept its platform number. It now has a lift shared with platform 5. It has an extra bit of platform at the northern end. Both ends of the platform have lost there platform ramps and now have a fence with a gate.

Most of the Virgin East Coast down trains to Leeds and Scotland use platform four. Platform 4 can also used by both up and down Norwich Cambridge and Birmingham Nottingham and Liverpool trains. Most of these now use the new platforms 6 and 7. Freight and light engines also use platforms 4 both ways.

Platform Four is on the eastern edge of a island platform with Platform 5 is on the outer western edge. The buildings on this island platform are of the style of architecture prevalent in the 1960's and 1970's bland and and insipid. But clean and just about fit for there use.

Platforms 4 and 5 are linked to the main station by a long foot bridge over the two fast lines. This footbridge was made longer when the new lines went in. There is at long last a lift that opened in 2014

There is also the old Post office bridge that was out of bounds in BR days, but was then used for many years for push chairs and the yellow mobility truck that carried wheelchairs and old people over the tracks who could not use the stairs. Peterborough station had no lifts, right to up till 2014! The bridge is still in use. This old Post office bridge now can be used by any passengers at the north end of the station

 

 

PETERBOROUGH RAILWAYS 2015

Platform 1        Platform 2       Platform 3

Down Fast     Platform 4  1  2     Platform 5

Platform 6        Platform 7      Avoiding line

Depot     Westwood yard        Werrington

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