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The Nottingham to Grantham Line is a branch line between the towns of Nottingham and Grantham in the East Midlands of England. It follows the A52.
The following places are served by the line.
[edit] Routes to Skegness
At Grantham, the line meets the East Coast Main Line and also the Grantham to Skegness Line. Not all Skegness-bound trains stop at Grantham, and the express service (limited stop) has its first stop at Sleaford, splitting from the Grantham line near Allington onto the Grantham Avoiding Line at Allington junction. The journey on this route to Skegness takes 1 hour 50 minutes, compared to 2 hours 20 minutes via Grantham. Nottingham (and Derby) to Skegness as of 2007 costs £16.70 Day Return and £21.40 Saver Return.
[edit] History
The line was initially operated by the GNR company as the Ambergate Nottingham Boston and East Junction Railway from July 15 1850 (before the main GNR line through Grantham had been built in 1852). At Bottesford, the line was crossed by a north-south LNWR line from Melton Mowbray to Newark on Trent (this northern section was owned by GNR). A western spur of this railway (through Barnstone) joined at Saxondale junction
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