Birmingham to Peterborough Line

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Birmingham to Peterborough Line
Birmingham New Street
Water Orton
Coleshill Parkway (under construction)
West Coast Main Line
Nuneaton
West Coast Main Line
Hinckley
M69 motorway
Narborough
M1 motorway
South Wigston
Midland Main Line
Leicester
Midland Main Line
Melton Mowbray
Oakham
A1 road
Stamford
Peterborough
East Coast Main Line
Peterborough-Ely Line

The Birmingham to Peterborough Line is an important railway line in the United Kingdom, linking the Midlands to East Anglia. Passenger services are currently provided by Central Trains as part of their Citylink network, serving the following places (Ordnance Survey grid references for stations):

Places Grid references
and other 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 from Birmingham
The station was formerly called Leicester London Road
Melton Mowbray SK752187
Oakham SK856090
Stamford TF028066
Peterborough TL186989
92 miles 4 chains from Birmingham
The station was formerly called Peterborough North

Over other lines (Ely to Peterbourough, Breckland and West Anglia) services continue beyond Peterborough, via March and Ely to Thetford and Norwich or Wendons 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 Central Trains 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).

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 as Asfordby
  • Ketton


Railway lines in Central England:
Main lines:  Cross-Country Route   Midland Main Line   West Coast Main Line
 Birmingham-Peterborough via Leicester Line   Birmingham-Worcester via Bromsgrove Line  
 Birmingham-Worcester via Kidderminster Line   Cherwell Valley Line   Chiltern Main Line  
 London-Aylesbury Line   Trent Valley Line   Welsh Marches Line   Wolverhampton-Shrewsbury Line
Commuter lines:  Birmingham-Walsall-Rugeley "Chase" Line   Birmingham-Stratford Line  
 Coventry-Nuneaton Line   Cross-City Line   Erewash Valley Line 
Leicester-Loughborough "Ivanhoe" Line   Northampton Loop Line   Robin Hood Line   
Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line   Stourbridge Junction-Stourbridge Town Line   
Walsall-Wolverhampton Line 
Rural lines:  Cotswold Line   Crewe-Derby Line   Derwent Valley Line   Leamington-Stratford Line  
 Marston Vale Line   Nottingham-Lincoln Line   Nottingham to Grantham Line  
 Oxford-Bicester Line   Princes Risborough-Aylesbury Line   Shrewsbury-Chester Line
Freight lines:  South Staffordshire Line   Sutton Park Line