Peterborough

CRS Code	PBO
Collected date	03/08/05

Since Peterborough is the way to get north and west of Cambridge I find myself passing through quite regularly. On this occasion in August 2005 I was on my way to Glasgow Central for the World Science Fiction Convention, and had a little while to wait for the connecting train.

The station is modern and characterless throughout; the front of the station building gives you a good idea of what to expect:

The entrance to the ticket hall:

Inside the concourse:

Looking along platforms 1 and 2 towards the station building:

Looking at the station building from the other side:

The view under the canopy on platform 2:

Platform 3:

Looking over at platform 4 from platform 3:

Platform 5:

Two bridges span the tracks at the station itself: the main station footbridge, and what was once the parcels bridge, but is now just used by all and sundry in spite of scary notices declaring this prohibited. The bridge from the south:

The rear of the parcels bridge from platforms 4/5:

Inside the parcels bridge:

"Only authorised Rail and Royal Mail Staff may use this bridge":

To the south of the station is this road bridge which replaced what was once a troublesome level crossing:

All photographs are © Alexandra Lanes You may reproduce them anywhere for any purpose. Coastline maps are reproduced from Ordnance Survey map data by permission of the Ordnance Survey © Crown copyright 2001