Railways around Peterborough & The National Rail Network & Heritage railways in the UK
Peterborough to March
Whittlesea
2012
Page 1 of 2 in 2012
Whittlesea 2nd April in 2012
Deltic class 55022 Royal Scots Grey and D335 at Whittlesea heading towards Peterborough on the 2nd of April 2012 returning from the Mid-Norfolk Railway Diesel Gala.
Video of Deltic 55022 Royal Scots Grey and D335 at Whittlesea on the 2nd of April 2012.
Deltic 55022 Royal Scots Grey and D335 heading for Peterborough
EuroCargo liveried DB class 66071 in April 2012 at Whittlesea
DB class 666130 at Whittlesea on the 2nd of April 2012
The Peterborough to March Railway line
The railway line between Peterborough and March runs from Peterborough railway station and then across the River Nene and under the ECML, past the site of Peterborough East station. 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 still open in 2016.
The railway line heads out across the fens to March. At Turves a small hamlet or village there is a signal box called Three Horse Shoes which is still open in 2016.
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.
March has it own pages and to see pages on this line in March
Page updated 7/5/2020
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