Whittlesea railway station

Whittlesea National Rail
Looking west from platform 2 towards platform 1 and the level crossing
Location
Place Whittlesey
Local authority Fenland
Coordinates 52°32′57″N 0°07′06″W / 52.5493°N 0.1184°W / 52.5493; -0.1184Coordinates: 52°32′57″N 0°07′06″W / 52.5493°N 0.1184°W / 52.5493; -0.1184
Grid reference TL277963
Operations
Station code WLE
Managed by Greater Anglia
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Increase 23,494
2013/14 Increase 26,938
2014/15 Decrease 26,102
2015/16 Increase 28,456
2016/17 Increase 30,474
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Whittlesea from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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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 platforms remain. Unlike most level crossings, the gates at the Whittlesea crossing are not automatic and are still opened and closed by hand by a member of railway staff based in a small adjacent building.

In 1968 the Flying Scotsman visited the station to have its tender refilled with water.

Services

Greater Anglia operates one train every two hours between Ipswich and Peterborough.

CrossCountry operates three trains per day Monday-Saturday between Birmingham and Cambridge, of which two are extended beyond Cambridge to Stansted Airport.

East Midlands Trains operates a service to Liverpool Lime Street Monday-Saturday only.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Table 17 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Media related to Whittlesea railway station at Wikimedia Commons

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