Manea railway station

Manea railway station /ˈmeɪniː/ is on the Ely–Peterborough line in the east of England and serves the village of Manea, Cambridgeshire. It is 80 miles 18 chains (129.1 km) measured from London Liverpool Street (via Clapton and Ely), and is situated between Ely and March stations.[1]

Manea
A view of the two platforms
LocationManea, Fenland
England
Grid referenceTL479911
Managed byGreater Anglia
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeMNE
ClassificationDfT category F2
Passengers
2015/16 12,020
2016/17 13,452
2017/18 15,894
2018/19 18,950
2019/20 18,834
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

In 1966, the Minister of Transport Barbara Castle refused British Rail's request to close the station, although she did agree to the closure of the stations at Stonea and Bentley.[2]

Services
The signal box at Manea

On Mondays to Saturdays, Greater Anglia operates one train every two hours in each direction between Peterborough and Ipswich. These services use British Rail Class 755 bi-mode units.

There are two trains per day in each direction operated by CrossCountry on the Stansted Airport to Birmingham route. These use British Rail Class 170 diesel units.

From 17 May 2020 Greater Anglia services will stop at Manea on Sundays (twelve services a day, six each way). The first service is the 09:03 to Peterborough, the last is the 20:11 to Colchester via Ely and Ipswich.

The station has benefitted from an on-site ticket machine since late October 2018, situated on the south side of the line (next to the down line for trains travelling towards March and Peterborough).

Notes

    References
    1. Padgett, David (October 2016) [1988]. Brailsford, Martyn (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 2: Eastern (4th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. map 13C. ISBN 978-0-9549866-8-1.
    2. Allen, G. Freeman, ed. (November 1966). "Closures and withdrawals". Modern Railways. Vol. XXII no. 218. pp. 619–620.

    Preceding station   National Rail   Following station
    Greater Anglia
    CrossCountry
    Historical railways
    Line open, station closed
    		Great Eastern Railway
    Line open, station closed


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