Whittlesea  | |
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) Looking west from platform 2 towards platform 1 and the level crossing | |
| Location | Whittlesey, Fenland England |
| Coordinates | 52°32′57″N 0°07′06″W / 52.5493°N 0.1184°W |
| Grid reference | TL277963 |
| Managed by | Greater Anglia |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | WLE |
| Classification | DfT category F2 |
| Passengers | |
| 2015/16 |  28,456 |
| 2016/17 | 30,474 |
| 2017/18 | 32,556 |
| 2018/19 |  31,986 |
| 2019/20 | 35,230 |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
Whittlesea railway station is on the Ely–Peterborough line in the East of England and serves the town of Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. "Whittlesea" is an older spelling of the town's name.
It is 94 miles 60 chains (152.5 km) measured from London Liverpool Street via Ely and is situated between March and Peterborough stations.
All the original station buildings have long been demolished, and only the two staggered platforms remain. Unlike most level crossings, the gates at Whittlesea station are still opened and closed manually by a member of railway staff, based in the adjacent crossing keeper's hut.
On 14 September 1968 Flying Scotsman stopped at the station twice to have its tenders refilled with water. The locomotive was chartering The Chesterfield Flyer from Ipswich to Chesterfield via Norwich.[1]
Services
Greater Anglia operates one train every two hours each way (including Sundays) between Ipswich and Peterborough, which provides the primary service here.
CrossCountry operates three trains per day Monday-Saturday between Birmingham and Cambridge, of which two are extended beyond Cambridge to Stansted Airport.
East Midlands Railway runs a single morning service to Liverpool Lime Street Monday-Saturday only.[2]
References
- ^ "The Railtour Files" 14 September 1968 - Flying Scotsman Enterprises, Chesterfield Flyer Rail Tour https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/680914fs.html, Retrieved 1 January 2021
- ^ Table 17 National Rail timetable, December 2019
External links
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| Preceding station | ){kind=logo} National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Abellio Greater Anglia Ipswich–Peterborough | ||||
| CrossCountry (Limited service) | ||||
| East Midlands Railway Liverpool–Norwich (Limited service) | ||||
| Historical railways | ||||
Eastrea Line open, station closed | Great Eastern Railway Ely–Peterborough line | Line open, station closed | ||