Peterborough to Lincoln Line
| Peterborough to Lincoln Line | |
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| Overview | |
| Type | Heavy rail |
| System | National Rail |
| Status | Operational |
| Locale | East Midlands |
| Termini | Peterborough Lincoln |
| Stations | 6 |
| Operation | |
| Owner | Network Rail |
| Operator(s) | East Midlands Trains |
| Rolling stock | Class 153 "Sprinter" Class 156 "Sprinter" |
| Technical | |
| Line length | ~24 mi (39 km) |
| No. of tracks | Two |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
| Electrification | 25 kV AC OHLE (part) |
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The Peterborough to Lincoln Line is a railway line linking Peterborough and Lincoln Central, via Sleaford and Spalding.[1]
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History [edit]
The section between Peterborough and Spalding closed to passengers on 5 October 1970 and re-opened on 7 June 1971. North of Spalding, Ruskington re-opened on 5 May 1975. Metheringham followed on 6 October 1975.[citation needed]
Intermediate stations south of Sleaford did not re-open; See Diagram. There has been agitation by local communities to re-open Littleworth on a park-and-ride basis for Peterborough.
Description [edit]
The towns and villages served by the route are listed below.
- Peterborough
- Spalding
- Sleaford
- connections with Grantham to Skegness Line
- Ruskington
- Metheringham
- Lincoln
The route has a regular role as a diversionary route for trains from the East Coast Main Line.[citation needed]
The line has a regular weekday daytime service but is closed between Sleaford & Spalding in the evenings (due to the high staffing costs associated with the large number of manned level crossings on this section) and has no Sunday service.
Infrastructure [edit]
The line is not electrified.
Incidents [edit]
One person died and 30 people were injured in the Nocton rail accident when a train hit a vehicle on the tracks at the site of a removed bridge, on 28 December 2002.
On 6 December 2004 two people died in a collision between a car and a class 153 DMU on a user operated crossing south east of Helpringham.[2]
Proposed Developments [edit]
In October 2008, Network Rail obtained funding for the £233 million upgrade of the line to allow frequent passenger and freight traffic to use the line and free up paths on the East Coast Main Line.[citation needed] In 2012 work started on the line, which will finish at the end of 2014.
References [edit]
- ^ ""Route 11 South Cross- Pennine, South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire". Network Rail. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- ^ "BBC News - Inquiry starts at rail crash site". 7 December 2004. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
