Sheffield to Lincoln Line

Sheffield to Lincoln Line
Kiveton Bridge station
Overview
Type	Heavy rail
System	National Rail
Status	Operational
Locale	East Midlands Yorkshire and the Humber
Termini	Sheffield Lincoln
Stations	12
Operation
Owner	Network Rail
Operator(s)	Northern Rail East Midlands Trains
Rolling stock	Class 142 "Pacer" Class 144 "Pacer" Class 153 "Sprinter"
Technical
No. of tracks	Two
Track gauge	Standard gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)

Sheffield to Lincoln Line
Legend Stocksbridge Line Sheffield Midland Main Line Darnall Woodhouse Midland Main Line Kiveton Bridge Kiveton Park South Yorkshire Shireoaks Joint Railway Robin Hood Line Worksop Retford stations East Coast Main Line Cottam Power Station Doncaster–Lincoln line Gainsborough Lea Road Gainsborough Central Saxilby Kirton Lindsey Lincoln Central Brigg to Scunthorpe and Doncaster Barnetby to Barton on Humber Habrough Grimsby Town Cleethorpes

The Sheffield to Lincoln line is a railway line in England. It runs from Sheffield east to Lincoln via Worksop, Retford and Gainsborough Lea Road. The route comprises the main line of the former Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, to Gainsborough, Trent Junction, where it then follows the former Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint line to Lincoln Central. The former main line continues from Trent Junction to Wrawby Junction, Barnetby, much of it now single line, where it then runs to Cleethorpes. This is currently served by six trains on Saturdays only.

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

Sheffield–Lincoln

• Sheffield Midland
• Darnall
• Woodhouse
• Kiveton Bridge
• Kiveton Park
• Shireoaks
• Worksop
  • connections with Worksop–Nottingham line
• Retford
  • connections with ECML services at Retford
  • former main line continues forward from Trent Junction, just prior to reaching Gainsborough Central to Cleethorpes.
• Gainsborough Lea Road
  • connections with Doncaster–Lincoln line
• Saxilby
• Lincoln Central

Former MS&LR (later GCR) main line to Grimsby

• Gainsborough Central
• Kirton Lindsey
• Brigg
• Barnetby
  • connections with South TransPennine route and Nottingham to Grimsby Line
• Habrough
  • connections with Barton on Humber–Cleethorpes line
• Grimsby Town
• Cleethorpes

Services on the line are provided by Northern Rail and often continue through Sheffield to the Sheffield to Hull Line or to the Penistone Line.

Types of train

This line normally operated by Northern Rail, sees these trains normally: class 142s and class 144s (cottom power station onwards). before the power station the line is also part of the Doncaster to Lincoln Line and the line then sees: the Northern rail trains above and East Midlands Trains Class 153s and sometimes class 156s (this line is also operated by freight services)