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Whittlesea railway station

Coordinates: 52°32′57″N 0°07′06″W / 52.5493°N 0.1184°W / 52.5493; -0.1184
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Whittlesea
National Rail
Looking west from platform 2 towards platform 1 and the level crossing
General information
LocationWhittlesey, Fenland
England
Coordinates52°32′57″N 0°07′06″W / 52.5493°N 0.1184°W / 52.5493; -0.1184
Grid referenceTL277963
Managed byGreater Anglia
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeWLE
ClassificationDfT category F2
Passengers
2019/20Increase 35,230
2020/21Decrease 8,026
2021/22Increase 26,436
2022/23Increase 33,738
2023/24Increase 43,364
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 market town of Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. The station's name is an older and alternative spelling of the town's name.[1]

It is located in between March and Peterborough stations, 94 miles 60 chains (152.5 km) away from London Liverpool Street via Ely.

All of the original station buildings have long since 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, who is 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.[2]

Greater Anglia provides the primary service at Whittlesea. There is one train every 2 hours each way, including Sundays Cross Country are very limited at Whittlesea with services to Cambridge & Birmingham New Street and Stansted Airport East Midlands Railway only run 1 train Monday to Saturday through to Liverpool Lime Street via Nottingham

References

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  1. ^ Mayern, Faye (31 December 2023). "The Cambridgeshire train station with a historically unique name". Cambridgeshire Live. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  2. ^ "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
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