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Peterborough to March
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Turves
in 2021
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Turves on the 23rd of June 2021
Freightliner class 66615 at Turves on the 23rd of June 2021
DB class 66005 at Turves on the 23rd of June 2021
'Maritime Intermodal One, in the Maritime Blue heading towards March.
DB class 66615 in DB red at Turves on the 23rd of June 2021
Turves 6th May 2021
Freightliner class 66512 at Turves on the 6th of May 2021
GBRf class 66724 at Turves on the 6th of May 2021
GBRf class 66708 'Jayne' and GBRf class 66788 'Locomotion 5' at Turves on the 6th of May 2021
The Uk was still in a over a year on with covid with the Goverment still telling people not to travel unless it was for work. Social distancing measures at Turves were easy with miles of of fens and no one about.
The Benwick branch
There is still a signal box at Turves which is called
Three Horse Shoes. The signal box also worked the Three Horse Shoes junction and sidings that were here when the freight only branch to Burnt House and Benwick was still 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 Turves near the signal box.
The
Three Horse Shoes signal box is still open (2016) 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 uploaded 26/8/2021