Welcome to the Hereward Community Rail Partnership

Peterborough is the Cathedral city station at the western end of our Hereward Line.
It is located 76 miles up the East Coast main line from London King’s Cross.

The station is a major interchange for rail service both north-south and east-west services for local and long distance travel. Direct services to London, Birmingham, Ipswich, Stansted, York, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Glasgow are all possible from Peterborough.

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 Ely, Cambridge, Ipswich, Birmingham, and Stansted Airport.

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 (who manage and maintain the heritage side of the station) and the March Station Adopters (who tend to the operational side of the station).

Manea Railway Station is situated between March and Ely Stations and is the third 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.