Manea railway station

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Manea
National Rail
Manea Railway Station - geograph.org.uk - 1929644.jpg
A view of the two platforms
LocationManea, Fenland
England
Grid referenceTL479911
Managed byGreater Anglia
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeMNE
ClassificationDfT category F2
Passengers
2016/17Increase 13,452
2017/18Increase 15,894
2018/19Increase 18,950
2019/20Decrease 18,834
2020/21Decrease 3,910
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Manea railway station /ˈmn/ is on the Ely–Peterborough line in the east of England and serves the village of Manea, Cambridgeshire. It is 80 miles 18 chains (129.1 km) measured from London Liverpool Street (via Clapton and Ely), and is situated between Ely and March stations.[1]

History[]

In 1966, the Minister of Transport Barbara Castle refused British Rail's request to close the station, although she did agree to the closure of the stations at Stonea and Bentley.[2]

Services[]

The signal box at Manea

On Mondays to Saturdays, Greater Anglia operates one train every two hours in each direction between Peterborough and Ipswich. These services use British Rail Class 755 bi-mode units.

There are four trains per day in each direction operated by CrossCountry on the Stansted Airport to Birmingham route. These use British Rail Class 170 diesel units.

From 17 May 2020 Greater Anglia services will stop at Manea on Sundays (twelve services a day, six each way). The first service is the 09:03 to Peterborough, the last is the 20:11 to Colchester via Ely and Ipswich.

The station has benefitted from an on-site ticket machine since late October 2018, situated on the south side of the line (next to the down line for trains travelling towards March and Peterborough).

Preceding station   National Rail National Rail   Following station
Greater Anglia
CrossCountry
Historical railways
Line open, station closed
Great Eastern Railway
Line open, station closed

References[]

  1. ^ Padgett, David (October 2016) [1988]. Brailsford, Martyn (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 2: Eastern (4th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. map 13C. ISBN 978-0-9549866-8-1.
  2. ^ Allen, G. Freeman, ed. (November 1966). "Closures and withdrawals". Modern Railways. Vol. XXII no. 218. pp. 619–620.

External links[]

Coordinates: 52°29′53″N 0°10′41″E / 52.498°N 0.178°E / 52.498; 0.178


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