Birmingham to Peterborough Line
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Birmingham-Peterborough Line |
Principal stations Birmingham New Street |
The Birmingham to Peterborough Line is an important railway line in the United Kingdom, linking the Midlands to East Anglia. Passenger services are currently provided by Central Trains as part of their Citylink network, serving the following places (Ordnance Survey grid references for stations):
Places | Grid references |
and other notes | |
Birmingham (New Street) | SP069866 |
Water Orton | SP174912 |
Nuneaton | SP364921 |
The station was formerly called Nuneaton Trent Valley | |
Hinckley | SP427932 |
Narborough | SP540973 |
Wigston (South Wigston) | SP587986 |
Leicester | SK593040 |
39 miles 68 chains from Birmingham The station was formerly called Leicester London Road |
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Melton Mowbray | SK752187 |
Oakham | SK856090 |
Stamford | TF028066 |
Peterborough | TL186989 |
92 miles 4 chains from Birmingham The station was formerly called Peterborough North |
Over other lines (Ely to Peterbourough, Breckland and West Anglia) services continue beyond Peterborough, via March and Ely to Thetford and Norwich or Wendons Ambo (Audley End) and Stansted Airport. Most run to Stansted. Services for Norwich reverse out of Ely.
Other services using part of the Birmingham to Peterborough Line include Central Trains Birmingham to Leicester local trains. The line also has significant freight flows, being one of the main routes to Birmingham Freightliner Terminal (on the site of Birmingham Lawley Street railway station).
Previous stations on this line include
- Croft railway station at Croft
- Blaby railway station at Blaby
- Glen Parva railway station at Glen Parva
- Leicester
- Syston
- Rearsby railway station at Rearsby
- Brooksby railway station at Brooksby
- Frisby railway station at Frisby
- Asfordby railway station as Asfordby
- Ketton