Birmingham to Peterborough Line
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The Birmingham to Peterborough Line is an important cross-country railway line in the United Kingdom, linking the Midlands to East Anglia. Passenger services are currently provided by CrossCountry and East Midlands Trains, serving the following places (Ordnance Survey grid references for stations):
| Places | Grid references |
| and other notes | |
| Birmingham (New Street) | SP069866 |
| Water Orton | SP174912 |
| Coleshill | SP195892 |
| 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 | |
| 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 Peterborough, Breckland and West Anglia) services continue beyond Peterborough, via March and Ely to Thetford and Norwich or Wendens 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 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).
[edit] Previous stations
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 at Asfordby
- Ketton
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Railway lines in Central England: | |
|---|---|
| InterCity lines: | Cross-Country Route · Midland Main Line · West Coast Main Line |
| Main lines: | Birmingham-Peterborough via Leicester Line · Birmingham-Worcester via Bromsgrove Line · Birmingham-Worcester via Kidderminster Line · Cherwell Valley Line · Chiltern Main Line · London-Aylesbury Line · Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line · Trent Valley Line · Welsh Marches Line · Wolverhampton-Shrewsbury Line |
| Commuter lines: | Birmingham-Walsall-Rugeley "Chase" Line · Birmingham-Stratford Line · Coventry-Nuneaton Line · Cross-City Line · Erewash Valley Line · Leicester-Loughborough "Ivanhoe" Line · Northampton Loop Line · Robin Hood Line · Stourbridge Junction-Stourbridge Town Line · Walsall-Wolverhampton Line |
| Rural lines: | Cotswold Line · Crewe-Derby Line · Derwent Valley Line · Leamington-Stratford Line · Marston Vale Line · Nottingham to Grantham Line · Nottingham-Lincoln Line · Oxford-Bicester Line · Princes Risborough-Aylesbury Line · Shrewsbury-Chester Line |
| Freight and disused lines: | Birmingham Snow Hill-Wolverhampton Low Level Line · Bumble Hole Line · Cheddington to Aylesbury Line · Darlaston Loop · Great Central Main Line · Harborne Branch Line · Oakham to Kettering Line · Oxford-Worcester-Wolverhampton Line · South Staffordshire Line · Sutton Park Line · Varsity Line · Wombourne Branch Line · Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway |
| Heritage: | Battlefield Line · Great Central Railway · Midland Railway Centre · Rutland Railway · Severn Valley Railway |
