About: Whittlesea railway station

Whittlesea railway station serves the town of Whittlesey in Cambridgeshire, England. Whittlesea is an older spelling of the town's name. All the original station buildings have long been demolished, and only the two platforms remain. Unlike many railway crossings the gates are not automatic and are still opened and closed by hand. The person whose job it is to open and close the gates sits in a small hut-like building by the crossing. In the early 1970s, the Flying Scotsman visited the station.