Whittlesea station in 2020

Railways around Peterborough & The National Rail Network & Heritage railways in the UK

Greater Anglia Class 755 Ipswich to Peterborough train at Whittlesea station on Saturday the 11th of January in 2020

The Class 755 is a class of bi-mode multiple unit train that was built by Stadler Rail for Greater Anglia. These trains only entered service with Greater Anglia on 29 July 2019 .These new trains have replaced the class 170s that were used on this service for most of time in the last few years

Whittlesea station is today (2020) Managed by Greater Anglia. The station has two open platforms . Not all trains stop at this station.

The railway goes around Whittlesea with the station on the edge and a fair walk from the centre of the town.

The same unit on the return Greater Anglia Class 755 Peterborough to Ipswich train at Whittlesea station on Saturday the 11th of January in 2020

Note the working signals that are still in use At Whittlesea station in January 2020.

LNER Azuma at Ramsey Road crossing at Whittlesea on Saturday the 11th of January in 2020

LNER Azuma 800113 at Ramsey Road crossing at Whittlesea on a Kings Cross train by way of Cambridge on Saturday the 11th of January in 2020

Colas Rail class 37 099 on a Network Rail measure train at Ramsey Road crossing at Whittlesea on Saturday the 11th of January in 2020

DB class 67 015 was 'dragging' LNER class 91132 and it set of mark 4s and DVT with passengers at Ramsey Road 11th of January in 2020

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 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 line then heads out across the fens towards March. At Turves a small hamlet or village were there is a signal box called Three Horse Shoes.

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.

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