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.

Whittlesea
Looking west from platform 2 towards platform 1 and the level crossing
Location	Whittlesey, Fenland England
Coordinates	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

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

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

External links

Media related to Whittlesea railway station at Wikimedia Commons

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
March		Abellio Greater Anglia Ipswich–Peterborough		Peterborough
March		CrossCountry Birmingham–Stansted Airport (Limited service)		Peterborough
March		East Midlands Railway Liverpool–Norwich (Limited service)		Peterborough
Historical railways
Eastrea Line open, station closed		Great Eastern Railway Ely–Peterborough line		Peterborough East Line open, station closed