Manea railway station

Manea
A view of the two platforms
Location
Place	Manea
Local authority	Fenland
Operations
Station code	MNE
Managed by	Greater Anglia (only served by CrossCountry, which does not manage any stations)
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	4,038
2005/06 *	3,198
2006/07 *	1,603
2007/08 *	2,506
2008/09 *	3,048
2009/10 *	2,596
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Manea from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Manea railway station ( /ˈmeɪniː/), on the line between Peterborough and Ely, serves the village of Manea in Cambridgeshire, England. It was proposed for closure under the Beeching report of 1963 but was repreived due to "the acute social hardship this would cause". Fenland District council are in talks with train operators to oppose more services for the line with 2 services in between Birmingham and Stansted Airport and a hourly service between Ipswich and Peterborough with more services stopping at Whittlesea and Manea which would stop at March also.^{[citation needed]}

One of the peculiarities of the post-privatised railway is that Manea is operated by Greater Anglia, despite its not running any services from the station. Similar situations exist along the route from Birmingham New Street.

Services

The signal box

Mondays to Saturdays, there are two daily trains in each direction operated by CrossCountry. There are two eastbound services to Cambridge and Stansted Airport, with two westbound services to Peterborough, Leicester and Birmingham New Street.

There is no Sunday service.

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
March		CrossCountry Birmingham-Stansted Airport Mondays-Saturdays only		Ely
Historical railways
Stonea Line open, station closed		Great Eastern Railway Ely to Peterborough Line		Black Bank Line open, station closed

External links

• Train times and station information for Manea railway station from National Rail
• Media related to Manea railway station at Wikimedia Commons