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Birmingham–Peterborough line

Birmingham–Peterborough line
Stansted Train at Melton Mowbray Station - geograph.org.uk - 160183.jpg
Stansted train at Melton Mowbray
Overview
Type Heavy rail
System National Rail
Status Operational
Locale East of England
East Midlands
West Midlands
Termini Birmingham New Street
Peterborough
Stations 13
Operation
Opened 1846
Owner Network Rail
Operator(s) CrossCountry
East Midlands Trains
GB Railfreight
Freightliner Group
Character Secondary
Rolling stock Class 156 "Sprinter"
Class 158 "Sprinter"
Class 170 "Turbostar"
Class 222 "Meridian"
Class 43/HST
Technical
Number of tracks 2
Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Loading gauge W10
Operating speed less than 100 mph (160 km/h)
Route map
West Coast Main Line
(Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford line)
Cross Country Route
and Cross-City Line
Birmingham New Street Midland Metro
Curzon Street
Cross-City Line
Camp Hill Line
West Coast Main Line
(Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford line)
Birmingham Freightliner Terminal
(site of Lawley Street station)
Saltley
Aston–Stechford line
Bromford Bridge
Castle Bromwich
Sutton Park line
Water Orton
Cross Country Route
Coleshill Parkway
Hams Hall Freight Terminal
Stonebridge Railway
Whitacre Junction
Freight line to Kingsbury Junction
Shustoke
Daw Mill Colliery

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