Whitemoor Yard

Network Rail opened Whitemoor Yard Phase 1 in 2004. It is now vital in maintaining and improving the railway throughout Cambridgeshire, East Anglia and as far south as London, where it is important in supporting the 2012 Olympic Games investment.

The new yard has created over 40 new jobs. The development has also brought £2 million worth of other benefits to the area, including;

• a new cycle path
• a link road to reduce lorry trips through residential areas
• a multi-million pound signalling project, improving reliability of passenger and freight trains in the area.

In 2005 Network Rail, Cambridgeshire County Council and Fenland District Council were commended at the Royal Town Planning Institute achievement awards for ‘Bringing the railway back to March’. Whitemoor Yard has also won awards at the National Transport Awards and from the Institute of Civil Engineers.

It was always planned that we would build on the success of Whitemoor Yard Phase 1 with further railway facilities and new jobs for the local community.

A public exhibition was organised by Network Rail and took place in the Skoulding Suite, March Town Hall, Cambridgeshire on;

11 July 2008; 11am – 8pm
12 July 2008; 10am – 4pm

We will be considering all the comments we received carefully before submitting any planning application.