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Railways around Peterborough & The National Rail Network & Heritage railways in the UK
Peterborough to March
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Turves
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2009
NXEA 170204 at Turves which is between Whittlesea and March in 2009.
Man on a cycle waits at the crossing for a Cross Country class 170 in 2009
LMS Class 7P number 46115 Scots Guardsman on Saturday 21st March 2009 about to cross the 20 Foot River (drain) bridge near Turves.
First GBRF class 66727 near Turves which is between Whittlesea and March in July 2008.
First GBRf 66703 light engine heading for Whitemoor in July 2008 near Turves. The openness of the fens makes a change from other parts of the UK were tress and bushes hide the railway. No leaf fall here!
East Midland Trains 158774 on a train to Liverpool at Turves in 2008
GWR Kinlet Hall at Turves in 2008
On Saturday 19th July 2008 this train was being steam hauled from Tyseley to Ely and was also used on the return leg. Kinlet Hall is seen heading for Ely near the 20 Foot River (drain) bridge near Turves.
Great Western Hall's were not seen on the Peterborough to March line in steam days. Being a hot day there was very little steam, which was a pity.
There is still a signal box at Turves which is called
Three Horse Shoes. The signal box worked Three Horse Shoes junction and sidings that were here when the freight only branch to Burnt House and Benwick was open.
The Benwick branch was used for agricultural produce from the local farms. The branch closed in 1964 as most of the traffic was going by road. The closed branch line to Benwick started from here.
The
Three Horse Shoes signal box is still open (2014) and is retained as a block post. It has had all new PVC windows fitted and a new steel staircase replacing the wooden one.
Between Turves and March The surrounding fields here are flat and very large. We are in the fens and the land is often below sea level or only about foot above it. Years ago this fen land was often under water, be for the land was drained. You can see for miles.
Turves is about three miles from Whittlesea and is but a very small village (Hamlet) with just a few houses miles from anywhere. There are about five level crossings at Turves all now with automatic lifting barriers here. The March road crossings the railway line about four times in about two miles
The Peterborough to March Railway line
Peterborough East was the main Great Eastern Railway Peterborough station for this line. This station was closed and all services transferred to the Great Northern Peterborough North station, now called just plain Peterborough.
The railway line heads out of Peterborough to Kings Dyke were there are brick works. There is a
signal box at Kings Dyke on the main Peterborough Whittlesea road. The first and only station is at Whittlesea which is still open. There is a
signal box called Whittlesea here.
The railway station at
March is still open and there is a Network Rail Infrastructure Yard on the site of the old Marshalling Yard at Whitemoor.
Page updated 8/5/2020
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2009 & 2008
