Birmingham to Peterborough Line

Birmingham-Peterborough Line

Principal stations Birmingham New Street Water Orton Nuneaton (for West Coast Main Line) Hinckley Narborough South Wigston Leicester (for Midland Main Line and Ivanhoe Line) Melton Mowbray Oakham Stamford Peterborough (for East Coast Main Line and Peterborough-Ely line)

The Birmingham to Peterborough Line is an important railway line in the United Kingdom, linking the Midlands to East Anglia. Passenger services are currently provided by Central Trains as part of their Citylink network, serving the following places (Ordnance Survey grid references for stations):

Places	Grid references
	and other notes
Birmingham (New Street)	SP069866
Water Orton	SP174912
Nuneaton	SP364921
	The station was formerly called Nuneaton Trent Valley
Hinckley	SP427932
Narborough	SP540973
Wigston (South Wigston)	SP587986
Leicester	SK593040
	39 miles 68 chains from Birmingham The station was formerly called Leicester London Road
Melton Mowbray	SK752187
Oakham	SK856090
Stamford	TF028066
Peterborough	TL186989
	92 miles 4 chains from Birmingham The station was formerly called Peterborough North

Over other lines (Ely to Peterbourough, Breckland and West Anglia) services continue beyond Peterborough, via March and Ely to Thetford and Norwich or Wendons Ambo (Audley End) and Stansted Airport. Most run to Stansted. Services for Norwich reverse out of Ely.

Other services using part of the Birmingham to Peterborough Line include Central Trains Birmingham to Leicester local trains. The line also has significant freight flows, being one of the main routes to Birmingham Freightliner Terminal (on the site of Birmingham Lawley Street railway station).

Previous stations on this line include

• Croft railway station at Croft
• Blaby railway station at Blaby
• Glen Parva railway station at Glen Parva
• Leicester
• Syston
• Rearsby railway station at Rearsby
• Brooksby railway station at Brooksby
• Frisby railway station at Frisby
• Asfordby railway station as Asfordby
• Ketton

Railway lines in Central England:
Main lines:	Cross-Country Route   Midland Main Line   West Coast Main Line  Birmingham-Peterborough via Leicester Line   Birmingham-Worcester via Bromsgrove Line    Birmingham-Worcester via Kidderminster Line   Cherwell Valley Line   Chiltern Main Line    London-Aylesbury Line   Trent Valley Line   Welsh Marches Line   Wolverhampton-Shrewsbury Line
Commuter lines:	Birmingham-Rugeley "Chase" Line   Birmingham-Stratford Line   Birmingham-Walsall Line    Coventry-Nuneaton Line   Cross-City Line   Leicester-Loughborough "Ivanhoe" Line    Northampton Loop Line   Robin Hood Line   Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line    Stourbridge Junction-Stourbridge Town Line   Walsall-Wolverhampton Line
Rural lines:	Cotswold Line   Crewe-Derby Line   Derwent Valley Line   Leamington-Stratford Line    Marston Vale Line   Nottingham-Lincoln Line   Nottingham to Grantham Line    Oxford-Bicester Line   Princes Risborough-Aylesbury Line   Shrewsbury-Chester Line