Discover the nature along your railway line. East Anglia's Community Rail Partnerships help to keep the branch lines thriving and along with volunteer Station Adopters, are working to increase biodiversity and habitats for wildlife at Greater Anglia stations.
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Peterborough is the Cathedral City station at the beginning of our Hereward Line. It is located 76 miles down the East Coast Main Line from London King’s Cross.
Whittlesea Railway Station serves the town of Whittlesey and is the first Fenland station along the Hereward Line. It is located 5.5 miles from Peterborough and has direct services to Ipswich, Birmingham, Cambridge and Stansted Airport.
Image courtesy of Peter Anderson
March is the largest of our three Fenland Stations situated in the middle of our Hereward Line.
March Railway Station is also the home of the Friends of March Railway Station (FOMRS) Station Adopter Group.
Manea Railway Station is situated between March and Ely Stations and is the third and Fenland Station on the Hereward Line.
Ely railway station is the final station on the Hereward Line, serving the Cathedral city of Ely, Cambridgeshire.
The Isle of Ely was the stronghold held for a time for Hereward the Wake against William the Conqueror.
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