Doncaster–Lincoln line explained

Doncaster–Lincoln line
Type:Heavy rail
System:National Rail
Status:Operational
Locale:Yorkshire and the Humber
East Midlands
Start:Doncaster
End:Lincoln
Stations:4
Owner:Network Rail
Operator:East Midlands Railway
Northern
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The Doncaster–Lincoln line is a railway line in England. It runs from the East Coast Main Line at Doncaster south east to Lincoln.

Services on the line are provided by East Midlands Railway and Northern,[1] with a few continuing through Lincoln to the Peterborough–Lincoln line.

The towns and villages served by the route are listed below.

The line is part of the former Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway.[2]

Between Doncaster and Gainsborough the line passes between Finningley and Blaxton. There used to be a station at this point and as this is the site of the new Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield, there has been discussion about constructing a new station to serve the airport. Planning permission for a station was granted in 2008,[3] but no construction work was ever started.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TIMETABLE 6: 15 SEPTEMBER TO 8 DECEMBER 2012: Peterborough - Lincoln - Doncaster . 18 October 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121025042302/http://www.eastmidlandstrains.co.uk/Global/Timetable_6_1509_0812.pdf . 25 October 2012 .
  2. Book: Body . Geoffrey . Railways of the Eastern Region. Vol. 1, Southern operating area . 1986 . Patrick Stephens . Wellingborough . 0850597129 . 70.
  3. Web site: Take-Off For Airport Station Plans . Railnews . 2 July 2008 . 20 December 2016.