Whittlesea railway station

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
General information
Location	Whittlesey, Fenland England
Coordinates	52.5493°N 0.1184°W / 52.5493; -0.1184
Grid reference	TL277963
Managed by	Greater Anglia
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	WLE
Classification	DfT category F2
Passengers
2019/20	35,230
2020/21	8,026
2021/22	26,436
2022/23	33,738
2023/24	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. Whittlesea is an older and alternative spelling of the town's name.

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.

Services

Greater Anglia provides the primary service at Whittlesea. There is one train every two hours each way, including Sundays, between Peterborough and Ipswich; there are occasional extensions to Colchester.

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.

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

External links

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