Peterborough railway station



Peterborough railway station serves the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. It is 76 mi down the East Coast Main Line from London King's Cross.

The station is a major interchange serving both the north-south ECML, as well as long-distance and local east-west services. The station is managed by London North Eastern Railway. Ticket gates came into use at the station in 2012.

Facilities
The station has a concourse and ticket office area which was internally redesigned and reopened in mid-2012. The concourse features both a newsagents and a cafe. For general assistance there is a customer information point located on platform 1 by the concourse, as well as customer service offices on platform 5 and near the toilets on platform 2. All platforms are accessible by means of a passenger footbridge with lifts and also by a ramp bridge at the north end of the station.

There is on site car parking. Within a few minutes walk is Peterborough city centre, and the Queensgate shopping centre. As of March 2013, there is an automated cycle hire scheme outside the south end of the station building.

Station layout

 * Platform 1: Through platform, predominantly used by terminating Thameslink services from Horsham via St. Pancras International, as well as Great Northern (peak times only) and London North Eastern Railway services to King's Cross. The East Midlands Railway shuttle services to/from Spalding occasionally use this platform. Renumbered from 2 in December 2013. A south-facing bay platform, former Platform 1, was decommissioned & lifted in December 2013.
 * Platform 2: An island through platform (formerly numbered 3), predominantly used by terminating Thameslink services from Horsham via St. Pancras International, as well as Great Northern (peak times only) and London North Eastern Railway services to King's Cross. It is also used by the hourly EMT service to Spalding & Lincoln, typically operated by Class 153 units.
 * Platform 3: New through island platform alongside the up fast line, commissioned in December 2013. Used almost entirely by London North Eastern Railway fast services to London, though some Great Northern suburban trains also use it; non-stop southbound trains also pass through this platform.
 * Down Fast: Through track between Platforms 3 and 4 for non-stop passenger services. These are used by northbound non-stop London North Eastern Railway, Hull Trains and Grand Central services.
 * Platform 4: Through island platform, used predominantly by northbound London North Eastern Railway services to Leeds, Newcastle and Edinburgh Waverley. It is also used, albeit infrequently, by some East Midlands train services.
 * Platform 5: Through island platform, adjacent to platform 4, used predominantly for freight; East Midlands Railway between Norwich and Liverpool and northbound London North Eastern Railway services can be diverted to platform 5 if required.
 * Platforms 4 & 5 are used in the evening peak by terminating Great Northern services from King's Cross, so the stock can be taken to Nene Carriage Sidings, located to the south of the station.
 * Platforms 6 & 7: These new platforms were commissioned over the Christmas break 2013, and are now used by CrossCountry services between Stansted Airport/Cambridge via Ely and Birmingham New Street via Leicester; East Midlands Railway services between Norwich and Liverpool; and Greater Anglia services to Ipswich.
 * Two-Way Goods Line: bi-directional freight loop located beyond platform 7. This is frequently used by the many freight services that pass through Peterborough along with Platforms 4-7. Much freight is to/from Felixstowe although other destinations are served.

Route
Below are the routes that Peterborough is currently on, as well as those that it has been on in the past: