March railway station

March railway station
March National Rail
March
Location
Place March
Local authority Fenland
Coordinates 52°33′37″N 0°05′26″E / 52.5604°N 0.0905°E / 52.5604; 0.0905Coordinates: 52°33′37″N 0°05′26″E / 52.5604°N 0.0905°E / 52.5604; 0.0905
Operations
Station code MCH
Managed by National Express East Anglia
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 * 0.255 million
2005/06 * increase 0.277 million
2006/07 * increase 0.297 million
2007/08 * decrease 0.293 million
2008/09 * increase 305,256
2009/10 * decrease 301,832
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at March from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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March railway station serves the town of March in Cambridgeshire, England. The station is 22 km (14 mi) east of Peterborough on the Ely to Peterborough Line.

The station was once a major railway junction with a confluence of lines radiating from the town, although today the station is very much a shadow of its former self. It originally had six platforms, although two of these are now filled-in bay platforms, and the tracks have been removed on a further two platforms on the northern side of the station, leaving just two operational platforms. Nearby can be found the Whitemoor marshalling yards, which have now been returned to use in 2004 having been disused since the early 1990s.

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Spalding and Wisbech branches

March was once a junction for lines to Spalding and Wisbech. The Spalding line was closed in 1982 and has now been completely lifted. The Wisbech line, known as "The Bramley Line" by some, completely closed in 2001 having lost its regular passenger services in 1968. The trackwork however remains intact and there are plans to reopen the line as a heritage line run and maintained by enthusiasts. As part of these plans during 2006 the level crossing over the A47 was re-laid, having been removed following one complaint about the rails being loose, so supposedly dangerous, in 2004.

Service

On Weekdays, National Express East Anglia operate a two hourly service eastbound to Ipswich and westbound to Peterborough. CrossCountry operate an hourly service eastbound to Cambridge and Stansted Airport, westbound services serve Peterborough, Leicester and Birmingham New Street.

On Sundays the service frequency is similar, without CrossCountry services to Whittlesea and Manea.

Preceding station   National Rail National Rail   Following station
CrossCountry
Limited Service
Limited Service
National Express East Anglia
East Midlands Trains
Liverpool-Norwich
Limited Service
Limited Service
Proposed Services
Preceding station Heritage Railways  Heritage railways Following station
Terminus   Wisbech and March Bramleyline
Proposed
  March Elm Road

Former services

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Eastrea   Great Eastern Railway
Peterborough to Ely
  Stonea
Terminus   Great Eastern Railway
March to King's Lynn
  Coldham
Guyhirne   Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway
Doncaster to March
  Terminus
Terminus   Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway
March to St Ives
  Wimblington

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