Peterborough railway station

Peterborough
Station layout of Peterborough station, prior to the addition of platforms 6 & 7 in 2013.
Location
Place	Peterborough
Local authority	City of Peterborough
Coordinates	52°34′29″N 0°15′01″W / 52.5748°N 0.2502°W / 52.5748; -0.2502Coordinates: 52°34′29″N 0°15′01″W / 52.5748°N 0.2502°W / 52.5748; -0.2502
Grid reference	TL186988
Operations
Station code	PBO
Managed by	Virgin Trains East Coast
Number of platforms	7
DfT category	B
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2011/12	4.208 million
– Interchange	0.868 million
2012/13	4.290 million
– Interchange	0.891 million
2013/14	4.398 million
– Interchange	0.894 million
2014/15	4.596 million
– Interchange	0.918 million
2015/16	4.698 million
– Interchange	0.922 million
History
August 1850	Opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Peterborough from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

[ ] Peterborough Railway Line Diagram
Great Northern Railway to Grantham Birmingham to Peterborough Line Helpston Peterborough to Lincoln Line Werrington Junction Walton M&GNR to Wisbech North Wisbech Junction Westwood Junction New England sidings North Station (GNR Station) Peterborough Crescent River Nene Ely Line to Peterborough East Fletton Junction N&P Line to Orton Waterville Great Northern Railway to London

Peterborough railway station serves the city of Peterborough, within Cambridgeshire, England. It is located approximately 76.5 miles (123.1 km) north of London Kings Cross on the East Coast Main Line (ECML). 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 Virgin Trains East Coast. Ticket gates came into use at the station in 2012.

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.

There are regular services to and from London King's Cross, operated by Virgin Trains East Coast and by Great Northern. Southbound EC services run either non-stop to the capital or call only at Stevenage: northbound destinations include Leeds, Newcastle Central and Edinburgh Waverley (though many Scottish services now run non-stop from London to York).

Great Northern trains start and terminate at Peterborough (twice each hour with peak period extras Mon-Sat) and serve the intermediate stations southwards.