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Location notes
March, Cambridgeshire. On Ely-Peterborough line, west of March station and Whitemoor Yard.
Railway type and traffic
Passenger services: Central Trains class 158 and 170 DMUs, Greater Anglia class 150, 153 and 170 DMUs. Several per hour each way. Freight services: DB Schenker (mainly 66s, some 60s), Freightliner (66s), GBRf (66s), plus infrastructure services to and from Whitemoor Yard.
Environment
The A141 road bridge over the railway on the outskirts of March town: technically open country, but close to houses. The road is quite busy. Few pedestrians pass, but there is a footway on both sides of the road.
Road directions
The A141 is the March-Wisbech road.
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March - Westry (A141 Bridge) map co-ordinates
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March - Westry (A141 Bridge) map co-ordinates
Parking
Park near the bridge by the roundabout - you can see the car from the bridge.
Public transport
Take a bus from the station to the local Tescos. The location is about 0.5 miles prior to the supermarket.
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Amenities
Tesco supermarket about 0.5 miles north along A141 (away from March); other shops in March town centre, including places to eat.
Sun Compass
Sun Compass using Suncalc by brought to you by Vladimir Agafonkin:
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March - Westry (A141 Bridge)
Streetmap links
March - Westry (A141 Bridge) general view map
March - Westry (A141 Bridge) close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
March - Westry (A141 Bridge)
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March - Westry (A141 Bridge)
Googly map
March - Westry (A141 Bridge) general view map
March - Westry (A141 Bridge) close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
March - Westry (A141 Bridge)
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Photographic notes
The line runs almost east to west - shots are possible in both directions almost all day. The sun is on the nose for eastbound trains until around midday and after that for westbound trains. The shot of westbound trains, however, is not so good due to some very tall trees restricting the angle slightly and casting shadows. There are no shadows for shots of eastbound trains.
Road traffic noise may be a problem for videographers.
Road traffic noise may be a problem for videographers.
General views - All photographs © Brian Carter unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking west
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The information on these pages is supplied for the benefit of railway enthusiasts who carry out a harmless hobby, and through the medium of photography and video, actually promote the railway industry. Railway enthusiasts can also act as eyes and ears against railway vandalism, and as such should surely be encouraged to do so by the supply of adequate information such as is found on this website.
This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass on either railway or private land. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window. Trainspots has been running now for over 10 years and there are imitation sites and guides to railfotspots. But we are a free site and we continue on the path we started out on over a decade ago to provide a useful guide to UK Railway Photographic Locations.
