A DMU in BR days going past the old platforms of the East station at Peterborough, heading for March, on the Peterborough to March line on a very cold morning.

The platforms of the now closed Peterborough East station can still be made out in this photo above. The Parkway road and river bridge has not yet been built. The siding to the right had been used as a PW depot just be for this photo was taken. These siding were removed soon after these photos were taken.

Peterborough East railway station was Peterborough's 2nd station. It was used by Great Eastern trains and LNWR  trains off what is now the NVR. When the East station was closed its passenger trains were tranfered to what was then called Peterborough North railway staion, now just called Peterborough .

 

There is now Flats being buit each side of the railway here.

After going under the ECML the line goes by the site of the East station  it then goes under the Perkins Parkway road bridge which is only about 30 years old I think. It then goes over the Black Bridge river bridge.

The line then heads out to Kings Dyke which is just outside Peterborough. On the to way to Whittlesea we see the only brick works left around Peterborough, that are along this part of the line. There are now no rail sidings left as all the bricks now go by road.

Whittlesea  has the only station which is a small basic station. The line then goes on to Turves a small village in the fens with just a signal box and a few houses. It is then to on to March this part of the line is in wide open flat fens, as is the next part of the line from March to Ely.

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