Home Military Troop Train at Peterborough North (1914) MilitaryCity CentreRailways Troop Train at Peterborough North (1914) October 28, 2016 A wonderfully poignant image captured at Peterborough North station on 12th September 1914. Crowds on Crescent Bridge and families waving white hankies at loved ones from the platform as young recruits head off to fight in the Great War.