Whittlesea railway station
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Whittlesea railway station serves the town of Whittlesey
in Cambridgeshire
, England
. Whittlesea is an older spelling of the town's name.
All the original station buildings have long been demolished, and only the two platforms remain. Unlike many railway crossings, the gates are not automatic and are still opened and closed by hand by a person who sits in a small hut-like building by the crossing.
In the early 1970s, the Flying Scotsman
visited the station.
Mondays-Saturdays only operate 3 daily trains to Cambridge with 2 extended to Stansted Airport, with 2 services to Brimingham New Street. East Midlands Trains
operate a service to Liverpool Lime Street Mondays-Saturdays only.
On Sundays National Express East Anglia operate 5 services to Ipswich (1 hr 43 mins) and return to Peterborough (11 mins).
Whittlesey
Whittlesey, historically known as Whittlesea as the name of the railway station is still spelt, or Witesie, is an ancient Fenland market town around six miles east of Peterborough in the county of Cambridgeshire in England...
in Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. Whittlesea is an older spelling of the town's name.
All the original station buildings have long been demolished, and only the two platforms remain. Unlike many railway crossings, the gates are not automatic and are still opened and closed by hand by a person who sits in a small hut-like building by the crossing.
In the early 1970s, the Flying Scotsman
LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman
The LNER Class A3 Pacific locomotive No. 4472 Flying Scotsman was built in 1923 for the London and North Eastern Railway at Doncaster Works to a design of H.N. Gresley...
visited the station.
Services
National Express East Anglia operate a two hourly service to Ipswich (1 hr 43 mins) and return to Peterborough (11 mins). CrossCountryCrossCountry
CrossCountry is the brand name of XC Trains Ltd., a British train operating company owned by Arriva...
Mondays-Saturdays only operate 3 daily trains to Cambridge with 2 extended to Stansted Airport, with 2 services to Brimingham New Street. East Midlands Trains
East Midlands Trains
East Midlands Trains is a British passenger train operating company. Based in Derby, it provides train services in the East Midlands, chiefly in the counties of Lincolnshire, South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Northamptonshire, and between the East Midlands and London...
operate a service to Liverpool Lime Street Mondays-Saturdays only.
On Sundays National Express East Anglia operate 5 services to Ipswich (1 hr 43 mins) and return to Peterborough (11 mins).
Layout
Side platform A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line... Platform 1 |
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Side Platform Side platform A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line... |
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