Sheffield to Lincoln Line

Sheffield to Lincoln Line
Legend
Sheffield Stocksbridge Line Midland Main Line Darnall Woodhouse Midland Main Line Kiveton Bridge Kiveton Park South Yorkshire Joint Railway Shireoaks Robin Hood Line Worksop Retford East Coast Main Line Cottam power stations Doncaster–Lincoln Line Gainsborough Lea Road Gainsborough Central Lea Blyton Stow Park Northorpe Saxilby Kirton Lindsey Lincoln Central Scawby Market Rasen Brigg to Scunthorpe and Doncaster Barnetby Brocklesby Barton Line to Barton on Humber Habrough Stallingborough Healing Great Coates Grimsby Town Grimsby Docks New Clee 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 (three each way) on Saturdays only.^[1]

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

Sheffield–Lincoln

• Sheffield
• 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.

Clarborough Junction-Cottam-Sykes Junction branch

Clarborough Junction is about 3.75 miles (6.04 km) east of Retford.^[2] This Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway branch had originally been proposed in 1844.^[3] It opened on 7 August 1850^[4]

There were stations at Leverton, Cottam and Torksey. Opening of the line was delayed for four months by controversy over the safety of Torksey Viaduct. It is now a Grade II listed building, though the line closed to passengers on 2 November 1959.^[5]

In 1967 the line was reopened from Clarborough Junction to Cottam to serve Cottam power stations. On reopening, Clarborough Junction signalbox was closed and control passed to Thrumpton, and the two level crossings were converted to automatic half barriers.^[6] The Thrumpton box was rebuilt in 2014.^[7]

The line and its stations are shown on the 1947 one inch to one mile map of the branch.

Accidents and incidents

On 30 June 2015, a freight train was derailed near the site of Langworth station.^[8]

Types of train

The line is operated by Northern Rail, who mainly utilise Class 142 and Class 144 sets (though Class 153 single railcars can also appear^[9]). From Gainsborough Trent Junction (where the line from Doncaster joins) eastwards to Lincoln, class 153 and Class 156 units operated by East Midlands Trains share the route. The Brigg route is also used by freight traffic between Immingham docks and the power stations at West Burton, Cottam (after reversing in Worksop sidings) and West Yorkshire & the East Midlands.

References

Railway lines in the East Midlands Primary Chiltern Main Line Cross Country Route East Coast Main Line Midland Main Line West Coast Main Line Local Birmingham to Peterborough Line Buxton Line Crewe-Derby Line Derwent Valley Line Doncaster to Lincoln Line Glossop Line Ivanhoe Line Northampton Loop Line Nottingham-Grantham Line Nottingham-Lincoln Line Oakham to Kettering Line Poacher Line Robin Hood Line Sheffield to Lincoln Line South Humberside Main Line Freight only Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line Shirebrook to High Marnham Heritage Battlefield Line Chasewater Railway Churnet Valley Railway Ecclesbourne Valley Railway Foxfield Railway Great Central Railway (Leicester) Great Central Railway (Nottingham) Lincolnshire Wolds Railway Midland Railway - Butterley Nene Valley Railway Northampton & Lamport Railway Peak Rail Rushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway Rutland Railway (Cottesmore)

Railway lines in Yorkshire and the Humber Primary To London East Coast Main Line Midland Main Line To Exeter Cross Country Route Others Inter-regional Hallam Line Hope Valley Line Leeds to Morecambe Line Doncaster to Lincoln Line Sheffield to Lincoln Line Settle-Carlisle Line Intra-regional Airedale Line Askern Branch Line Barton Line Calder Valley Line Dearne Valley Line Esk Valley Line Harrogate Line Huddersfield Line Leeds-Bradford Lines Leeds-Northallerton Railway Northallerton–Eaglescliffe Line Penistone Line Pontefract Line Selby Diversion Selby Line South Humberside Main Line Swinton to Doncaster Wakefield Line Wharfedale Line Hull to Scarborough York to Scarborough Defunct Barnsley-Doncaster Brockholes-Holmfirth Dearne Valley Railway Harrogate-Church Fenton Hull-Barnsley (Cudworth) Hull and Holderness Hull and Hornsea Knaresborough-York Leeds-Harrogate Malton-Driffield Market Weighton-Driffield Middlesbrough-Guisborough Middlesbrough-Guisborough-Normanby Huddersfield-Bradford Lockwood-Meltham Nunthorpe–Battersby Otley-Ilkley Pilmoor-Knaresborough Queensbury lines Rosedale Railway Scarborough-Whitby Seamer-Pickering Selby-Driffield Selby-Goole Sowerby Bridge-Rishworth Skipton-Grassington Skipton-Ilkley Thirsk-Malton Wetherby-Cross Gates(Leeds) Whiby-Loftus Woodhead Line York-Market Weighton-Beverley York-York (Foss Island) Heritage Derwent Valley Light Railway Elsecar Heritage Railway Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Middleton Railway North Bay Railway North Yorkshire Moors Railway Wensleydale Railway Light Railways Nidd Valley Light Railway North Holderness Light Railway Sand Hutton Light Railway