Ghost Train: Peterborough to Wisbech (Lost Railways Animation)

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An animated past vs present look at the lost railway line from Peterborough to Wisbech! #peterborough #cambridgeshire #wisbech #railways #disused #beeching
The line was opened for goods traffic on 1 June 1866 and for passengers on 1 August of the same year. At Peterborough it started from the Midland Railway lines, on the west side of the GNR main line, and crossed both the Midland and GNR track by a bridge. The line was 27 miles (43 km) in length, to a junction at Sutton Bridge. The Midland Railway worked the trains, working to and from the GER station at Peterborough and calling at the GNR station en route. The line closed in 1959.
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  • @normandunford5747
    @normandunford57473 ай бұрын

    It's absolutely CRIMINAL what was done to the rail system in the 60's. Beeching, marples & Castle should have been jailed.

  • @railwaychristina3192

    @railwaychristina3192

    3 ай бұрын

    Hear hear

  • @mikethebloodthirsty

    @mikethebloodthirsty

    3 ай бұрын

    Beeching had a lot of shares in motorways... he must have made a fortune. Greedy vandal.

  • @davidsummerfield2594

    @davidsummerfield2594

    2 ай бұрын

    This line closed in 1959 years before Beeching, Marples etc, British Railways to blame!

  • @chasselmes8141
    @chasselmes81413 ай бұрын

    Beautifully haunting.

  • @sarahwinfield3989
    @sarahwinfield39893 ай бұрын

    Another evocative journey from my part of the country. Thanks for posting a truely great effort.

  • @PeterboroughImages
    @PeterboroughImages5 күн бұрын

    Brilliant work !

  • @werringtonjunction
    @werringtonjunction3 ай бұрын

    Brilliant video!! Those lost lines were part of my early years and something you never forget, I remember them well, probably because we travelled by rail more than by road back in those days.

  • @bryemycaz
    @bryemycaz3 ай бұрын

    Just outside Murrow was the Joint Line Level crossing where the M&GN crossed the GE&GN line from March to Spalding.

  • @mariagreenwood8247
    @mariagreenwood82473 ай бұрын

    such an amazing film.

  • @davidcoleman5246
    @davidcoleman52463 ай бұрын

    Great video as always. You've covered my local line some time ago, but always watch your latest releases regardless of where they are. Keep them coming.

  • @ghosttrainlostrailways

    @ghosttrainlostrailways

    3 ай бұрын

    Appreciated David! 🚂😁

  • @fgsdfsdf
    @fgsdfsdf3 ай бұрын

    Another great vid. Please do the Sprat & Winkle line! Andover to Redbridge, in Hampshire.

  • @tango6nf477
    @tango6nf4773 ай бұрын

    Superb James

  • @kellyashfordtrains2642
    @kellyashfordtrains26423 ай бұрын

    Nice.

  • @danielholden-storey5107
    @danielholden-storey51073 ай бұрын

    Lovely video but a pity Wisbech North and Wisbech St Mary stations were omitted from your photographic evidence.

  • @ghosttrainlostrailways

    @ghosttrainlostrailways

    3 ай бұрын

    Not omitted but rather not available due to copyright ©️ or reuse restrictions. If you have photos of those stations and are happy for me to add them in feel free to contact 🙂 📸

  • @Jimyjames73
    @Jimyjames73Ай бұрын

    Shame that all these lines had to close - would there be less cars on the road if they were still open to day I wonder??? 🤔🚂🚂🚂

  • @railwaychristina3192
    @railwaychristina31923 ай бұрын

    Wonderful! But why on earth strand rural communities and leave them at the mercy of unreliable and expensive buses? Now being built up, but still polluting cars have to be used. Bring back a light rail system..easily built on these flat lands.

  • @stupididiot6116
    @stupididiot61162 ай бұрын

    How about the “Stonebridge line “? ……’Hampton in Arden -Whitacre Heath ( just outside East Birmingham )

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