A Peterborough train at Fordham Level Crossing

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The photograph on this page of A Peterborough train at Fordham Level Crossing by John Sutton as part of the Geograph project.

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A Peterborough train at Fordham Level Crossing

Image: © John Sutton Taken: 12 Sep 2021

You're unlucky to find the gates closed on a Sunday as few trains use this line. This is an Ipswich-Peterborough service, a Stadler bi-modal unit which can use electric power under the wires or diesel propulsion on secondary lines like this. Its next stop will be Ely. Image] shows a freight train here in 2018.

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Image Location

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Latitude
52.303323
Longitude
0.370294