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Location notes
Peterborough is located on the East coast Main Line about 75 miles north of London. As well as ECML express and suburban traffic there are also routes to east Anglia and the midlands. A wide range of traffic passes through.
Railway type and traffic
A very busy location where routes from The Midlands and East Anglia cross the ECML. Ideal for the DB Schenker Depot and Peterborough Yard. Traffic includes express, cross country services and quite a bit of freight.
Link to Real Time Trains
RTT Link Peterborough Station
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Environment
Peterborough is a busy city centre.
Road directions
Railway Station
Follow signs into the City Centre, the station is well sign posted as is the Queensgate Center.
Mayors Walk Bridge
Come out of the station an carry on along the dual carriageway - Bourges Boulevard (A15). At the round about next to The Queensgate Shopping Centre turn left in to Mayors Walk. The bridge is 100 meters further north.
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Peterborough Station map co-ordinates
Follow signs into the City Centre, the station is well sign posted as is the Queensgate Center.
Mayors Walk Bridge
Come out of the station an carry on along the dual carriageway - Bourges Boulevard (A15). At the round about next to The Queensgate Shopping Centre turn left in to Mayors Walk. The bridge is 100 meters further north.
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Peterborough Station map co-ordinates
Parking
Ample parking can be found in the Queensgate Shopping Centre or local street parking.
Public transport
Amenities
The Queensgate shopping centre, opposite the station, has most amenities you might need. There is also a drive through McDonalds close by.
Sun Compass
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Peterborough Station
Streetmap links
Peterborough Station general view map
Peterborough Station close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Peterborough Station
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Peterborough Station
Googly map
Peterborough Station general view map
Peterborough Station close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Peterborough Station
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Photographic notes
General views - All photographs © Rob Gooding unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - View from the Platforms looking north
From the north end of platform 2 you can see approaching trains as they head south. This traffic through these platforms is mostly ECML London bound. To the left in this picture is the lines for the Anglian - Midlands traffic.
Fig 2 - Looking north, down on the depot
This view, from Mayors Walk Bridge, show the stabling point to the north of the Station, in the distance are the marshalling yards.
Fig 3 - Looking north west (photo by Albert Dawson)
Frieght passes on the west side of the station.
Fig 4 - Looking south (photo by Albert Dawson)
And then passes close to the passenger lines ant the south end of the platforms (picture by Albert Dawson)
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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.
