BRAMLEY LINE HERITAGE

RAILWAY TRUST

Who We Are

The BLHR was formed in 2010 with the aim to try and have the line re-opened and run heritage trains between Wisbech and March. Network Rail granted permission for the group to set up a base at the old Waldersea Yard sidings site and have access to the full length of the line. Since then members have come and gone but the aim remains the same, to have the line re-opened and run trains. We have also been collating information and photos of the line so we can pass on the history to others, and are also looking to open a museum for everyone to visit.

BLHR applied to the Charities Commission to become a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) and at the end of January 2025 this was granted by the Commission with the registration 1211887. The BLHR title had to change to Bramley Line Heritage Railway Trust.

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Run Trains

Run trains through the Wisbech & March stretch of rail.

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Gather Members

Build a community of fenland history and train lovers.

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Open Museum

Safely store photos and artifacts relating to fenland trains.

COLDHAM YARD, TRAIN, 1962

WORKERS IN COLDHAM YARD, 1962

It all began in 1846

The line runs between the railway town of March and the Market town of Wisbech at the very edge of Cambridgeshire. Originally the line started at March Station and was connected to the mainline, this is no longer the case. On leaving March the line passed under Norwood Road bridge then curved to the right at Whitemoor Junction.

It still goes on to the Elm Road, B1101, barrier crossing and heads to the Twenty Foot River where it crosses at Chain Bridge (2314), then the next barrier crossing again on the B1101. From there the line crosses open farm land to Coldham. This is where there used to be a two platform station, one on the Up line and one on the Down line, either side of the station road crossing gates. There was also a signal box and station master’s house together with a small goods yard on the right-hand side of the up line, looking north.

The line carries on approximately north, north east towards our Waldersea Yard on Long Drove. This used to be a very busy shipping point for produce from the surrounding area which was then transported throughout the country.

The line exits the yard via the Long Drove gate crossing heading towards the Redmoor Lane barrier crossing and then further on towards Wisbech where the A47 now cuts the line in two. The line then heads into Wisbech crossing over New Bridge Lane and Weasenham Lane where there was a junction. To the left the line curves North to where Purina Pet foods now stands on the site where the Wisbech goods yard once stood.

The right hand curve headed to Wisbech station and the upwell tram station area and on to Kings Lynn with a number of stops on route. The map shows in Yellow the main lines round Wisbech, coming up from March going Left to the yard and Right to the station then onto Magdalan Road/ Watlington on the Ely Kings Lynn Line. The yellow line going North is the Harbour Branch Line to the Docks. The Blue line is The Wisbech and Upwell Tramway from Upwell round into Wisbech Station.