2016

TL1997 : Victorian engine shed at the former Peterborough East Station

taken 7 years ago, near to Stanground, Peterborough, England

Victorian engine shed at the former Peterborough East Station
Victorian engine shed at the former Peterborough East Station
This Grade II listed Victorian engine shed was part of the former Peterborough East station, which was opened by the Eastern Counties Railway (ECR) in June 1845. As the city's first railway station, it was initially known simply as Peterborough until being renamed Peterborough East in July 1923.
Passenger services on the line to Northampton were discontinued in May 1964 and freight services from Peterborough East were terminated in April 1966. The remaining passenger services on the route to Rugby were withdrawn in June 1966 although the station continued to serve as a parcel depot until December 1970.
The site was proposed in 1971 as a possible location for the National Railway Museum (although this was eventually located in York, opening in 1975). The station building was demolished in 1972. The turntable was acquired by the Nene Valley Railway (NVR) in 1977 and moved to Wansford, leaving the engine shed plus adjacent goods sheds and a section of the main platform as the only remaining structures.
The Peterborough to Ely line, which runs past the site, is still in use. The engine sheds are earmarked for conversion as part of a redevelopment of the Fletton Quays area of the city costing £120 million (GBP 120 million) and involving the construction of riverfront residential properties, offices and leisure facilities.

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This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · East Station [17] · Railway Line [16] · Ely [8] · Engine Shed [5] Title Clusters: · Victorian engine shed at the former Peterborough East Station [3] ·
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TL1997, 370 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Paul Bryan   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 3 December, 2016   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 18 December, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TL 1953 9796 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:33.9807N 0:14.2760W
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OSGB36: geotagged! TL 1949 9793
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Northeast (about 45 degrees)
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