Birmingham to Peterborough Line

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Birmingham to Peterborough Line
Legend WCML (RBS) Birmingham New Street Water Orton Cross Country Route Coleshill Parkway WCML (TV) Nuneaton WCML (TV) Hinckley M69 motorway Narborough M1 motorway South Wigston Midland Main Line Leicester Midland Main Line Melton Mowbray Oakham A1 road Stamford East Coast Main Line Peterborough Peterborough-Ely Line East Coast Main Line

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):

Station	Grid reference	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 (64.1 km) from Birmingham The station was formerly called Leicester London Road
Melton Mowbray	SK752187
Oakham	SK856090
Stamford	TF028066
Peterborough	TL186989	92 miles 4 chains (148.1 km) 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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