Whittlesea railway station

This article is about the railway station in Cambridgeshire, England. For the former railway station in Melbourne, Australia, see Whittlesea railway station, Melbourne.

Whittlesea
Looking west from platform 2 towards platform 1 and the level crossing
Location
Place	Whittlesey
Local authority	Fenland
Coordinates
Grid reference	TL277963
Operations
Station code	WLE
Managed by	Abellio Greater Anglia
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	16,467
2005/06	16,770
2006/07	22,148
2007/08	26,064
2008/09	24,896
2009/10	23,506
2010/11	23,474
2011/12	22,534
2012/13	23,494
2013/14	26,938
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.
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Whittlesea railway station serves the town of Whittlesey in Cambridgeshire, England. Whittlesea is an older spelling of the town's name.

All the original station buildings are long demolished, and only the two platforms remain. Unlike many railway crossings, the gates are not automatic and are still opened and closed by hand by a person who sits in a small hut-like building by the crossing.

In September 1968, the Flying Scotsman visited the station to have its tender refilled with water.

Services

Abellio Greater Anglia currently operate a two hourly service to Ipswich (1 hr 43 mins) and return to Peterborough (11 mins). CrossCountry only operate three daily trains Monday-Saturday to Cambridge, with two extended to Stansted Airport, and two services to Birmingham New Street. East Midlands Trains operate a service to Liverpool Lime Street Monday-Saturday only.

On Sundays, Abellio Greater Anglia operate five services to Ipswich (1 hr 43 mins) and return to Peterborough (11 mins).

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
March		Abellio Greater Anglia Ely to Peterborough Line		Peterborough
Peterborough		CrossCountry Birmingham-Stansted Airport Limited Service		March
		East Midlands Trains Liverpool-Norwich Limited Service		March Limited Service
Historical railways
Eastrea Line open, station closed		Great Eastern Railway Ely to Peterborough Line		Peterborough East Line open, station closed

Layout

Side Platform Platform 1

National Rail towards Peterborough

National Rail towards Ely

Platform 2 Side Platform

External links

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