Bramley Line

Bramley Line
Track south of Wisbech, June 2009
Overview
Type	Rail proposal
System	National Rail
Status	Disused, under consideration for partial re-opening
Locale	England
Termini	March Wisbech East
Operation
Opened	1862
Closed	1968 passengers
Owner	Network Rail
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)

Coordinates: 52°36′47″N 0°09′07″E / 52.613°N 0.152°E / 52.613; 0.152

The Bramley Line is a railway line between March and Wisbech in Cambridgeshire, England. A number of proposals are currently being investigated relating to the possible restoration of passenger services along the route.

The passing of the Wisbech, St. Ives and Cambridge Junction Railway Act 1846 (c.ccclvi) authorised the construction of two lines from March railway station: a 7.8-mile line to Wisbech which was reached by an almost straight north-easterly route across The Fens and a line south to the market town of St Ives. The double-track line to Wisbech was the first to open on 3 May 1847 followed by the St Ives line nine months later. The Wisbech line was taken over before completion by the Eastern Counties Railway and then by the Great Eastern Railway in 1862. Coldham was the only intermediate station between March and Wisbech, the latter being served by a new station constructed in the town centre and named "Wisbeach". It was to last until 1863 when it was resited south and later renamed Wisbech East upon nationalisation of the railways to distinguish it from the Midland and Great Northern's Wisbech North station. The railway development in the area was completed in March 1848 with the opening of a single-track 9.5 mile extension from Wisbeach to Watlington Junction.