Railways around Peterborough & The National Rail Network & Heritage railways in the UK
Peterborough to March
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Turves
January 2022
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Tuves on the 22nd January 2022
LNER Azuma 800112 at Tuves on Saturday the 22nd January in 2022 .
LNER Azuma at Tuves with a down train on 22nd January in 2022
Hull Trains Paragon 802 305 at Tuves on Saturday the 22nd January in 2022 .
Freightliner class 66510 at Tuves on Saturday the 22nd January in 2022 .
Some of the trains on the ECML on the 22nd of January and 23rd were being diverted round by March Ely and Cambridge and then back on to the ECML at Hitchin due to work on ECML between Peterborough and Huntingdon. These trains
were also diverted the weekend be for.These were trains to the north and Scotland and some other trains. South from Peterborough on the ECML they were using replacement buses. The Azumas with a back up diesel engine like the 801's were using this between Peterborough and Ely as there are no overhead wires. There was also the normal trains and freight making the Peterborough to Ely a busy line.
GBRf class 66764 at Tuves on Saturday the 22nd January in 2022 .
LNER Azuma at Tuves with a down train on 22nd January in 2022
LNER Azuma at Tuves with a down train on 22nd January in 2022
Wide open fens and lack of any wires and posts and trees
and winter sun in January and not much wind what more could you hope for.
The Benwick branch
There is still a signal box at Turves which is called
Three Horse Shoes. The signal box also worked the Three Horse Shoes junction and sidings that were here when the freight only branch to Burnt House and Benwick was still open.
The Benwick branch was used for agricultural produce from the local farms. The branch closed in 1964 as most of the traffic was going by road.The closed branch line to Benwick started from Turves near the signal box.
The
Three Horse Shoes signal box is still open (2022) and is retained as a block post. It has had all new PVC windows fitted and a new steel staircase replacing the wooden one.
Between Turves and March The surrounding fields here are flat and very large. We are in the fens and the land is often below sea level or only about foot above it. Years ago this fen land was often under water, be for the land was drained. You can see for miles.
Turves is about three miles from Whittlesea and is but a very small village (Hamlet) with just a few houses miles from anywhere. There are about five level crossings at Turves all now with automatic lifting barriers here. The March road crossings the railway line about four times in about two miles
The Peterborough to March Railway line
Peterborough East was the main Great Eastern Railway Peterborough station for this line. This station was closed and all services transferred to the Great Northern Peterborough North station, now called just plain Peterborough.
The railway line heads out of Peterborough to Kings Dyke were there are brick works. There is a
signal box at Kings Dyke on the main Peterborough Whittlesea road. The first and only station is at Whittlesea which is still open. There is a
signal box called Whittlesea here.
The railway station at
March is still open and there is a Network Rail Infrastructure Yard on the site of the old Marshalling Yard at Whitemoor.
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