- March railway station
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March 
Location Place March Local authority Fenland Coordinates 52°33′37″N 0°05′26″E / 52.5604°N 0.0905°ECoordinates: 52°33′37″N 0°05′26″E / 52.5604°N 0.0905°E Operations Station code MCH Managed by National Express East Anglia Number of platforms 2 Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail EnquiriesAnnual rail passenger usage 2004/05 * 0.255 million 2005/06 * 
0.277 million2006/07 * 0.297 million2007/08 * 
0.293 million2008/09 * 305,2562009/10 * 301,832National Rail - UK railway stations A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at March from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. March railway station serves the town of March in Cambridgeshire, England. The station is 22 km (14 mi) east of Peterborough on the Ely to Peterborough Line.
The station was once a major railway junction with a confluence of lines radiating from the town, although today the station is very much a shadow of its former self. It originally had six platforms, although two of these are now filled-in bay platforms, and the tracks have been removed on a further two platforms on the northern side of the station, leaving just two operational platforms. Nearby can be found the Whitemoor marshalling yards, which have now been returned to use in 2004 having been disused since the early 1990s.
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Spalding and Wisbech branches
March was once a junction for lines to Spalding and Wisbech. The Spalding line was closed in 1982 and has now been completely lifted. The Wisbech line, known as "The Bramley Line" by some, completely closed in 2001 having lost its regular passenger services in 1968. The trackwork however remains intact and there are plans to reopen the line as a heritage line run and maintained by enthusiasts. As part of these plans during 2006 the level crossing over the A47 was re-laid, having been removed following one complaint about the rails being loose, so supposedly dangerous, in 2004.
Service
On Weekdays, National Express East Anglia operate a two hourly service eastbound to Ipswich and westbound to Peterborough. CrossCountry operate an hourly service eastbound to Cambridge and Stansted Airport, westbound services serve Peterborough, Leicester and Birmingham New Street.
On Sundays the service frequency is similar, without CrossCountry services to Whittlesea and Manea.
Preceding station 
National RailFollowing station CrossCountry Limited ServiceLimited ServiceNational Express East Anglia East Midlands Trains Liverpool-NorwichLimited ServiceLimited ServiceProposed Services Preceding station 
Heritage railwaysFollowing station Terminus Wisbech and March Bramleyline
ProposedMarch Elm Road Former services
Preceding station Disused railways Following station Eastrea Great Eastern Railway
Peterborough to ElyStonea Terminus Great Eastern Railway
March to King's LynnColdham Guyhirne Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway
Doncaster to MarchTerminus Terminus Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway
March to St IvesWimblington -
Class 37 at March station, autumn 1972
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Leeds/Bradford - Yarmouth (Vauxhall) express in 1958
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March Locomotive Depot in 1951
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An ex-Great Eastern J15 0-6-0 in 1946]
External links
Media related to March railway station at Wikimedia CommonsCategories:- Railway stations in Cambridgeshire
- Former Great Eastern Railway stations
- Railway stations served by East Midlands Trains
- Railway stations served by CrossCountry
- Railway stations served by National Express East Anglia
- DfT Category E stations
- East of England railway station stubs
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