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
Location
PlaceWhittlesey
Local authorityFenland
Coordinates52.5493°N 0.1184°W / 52.5493; -0.1184
Grid referenceTL277963
Operations
Station codeWLE
Managed byGreater Anglia
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryF2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 26,102
2015/16 28,456
2016/17 30,474
2017/18 32,556
2018/19 31,986
National Rail – UK railway stations
* 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.

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 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.[1]

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References
  1. Table 17 National Rail timetable, December 2019

Media related to Whittlesea railway station at Wikimedia Commons

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


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