Whittlesea railway station

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.

This article is about the station in Cambridgeshire, England. For the former station in Melbourne, Australia, see Whittlesea railway station, Melbourne.

Whittlesea
Looking west from platform 2 towards platform 1 and the level crossing
General information
LocationWhittlesey, Fenland
England
Coordinates52.5493°N 0.1184°W / 52.5493; -0.1184
Grid referenceTL277963
Managed byGreater Anglia
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeWLE
ClassificationDfT category F2
Passengers
2016/17 30,474
2017/18 32,556
2018/19 31,986
2019/20 35,230
2020/21 8,026
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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]

Preceding station   National Rail   Following station
Abellio Greater Anglia
CrossCountry
Limited service
East Midlands Railway
Liverpool–Norwich
Limited service
Historical railways
Line open, station closed
Great Eastern Railway
Line open, station closed

References
  1. "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
  2. Table 17 National Rail timetable, December 2019

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