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Sheffield to Lincoln Line
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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 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 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
- Gainsborough Central
- Kirton Lindsey
- Brigg
- Barnetby
- connections with South TransPennine route and Nottingham to Grimsby Line
- Habrough
- connections with Barton on Humber-Cleethorpes
- 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.
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| InterCity lines: | Cross-Country Route • East Coast Main Line • Midland Main Line • West Coast Main Line |
| Main lines: | Chester-Manchester Line • Hope Valley Line • Liverpool-Manchester Lines • Manchester-Preston Line • Settle-Carlisle Railway |
| Commuter lines: | Airedale Line • Blackburn-Bolton Line • Blackpool Branch Lines • Caldervale Line • Dearne Valley Line • East Lancashire Line • Glossop Line • Hallam Line • Harrogate Line • Huddersfield Line • Kirkby Branch Line • Leeds-Bradford composite line • Liverpool-Wigan Line • Manchester-Southport Line • Mid-Cheshire Line • Morecambe Branch Line • Northern Line • Oldham Loop Line • Northallerton-Eaglescliffe Line • Ormskirk Branch Line · Pontefract Line • Sheffield-Hull Line • Sheffield-Lincoln Line • Stockport-Stalybridge Line • Styal Line • Wakefield Line • Wharfedale Line • Wirral Line • York & Selby Lines • York-Scarborough Line |
| Rural lines: | Barton Line • Borderlands Line • Buxton Line • Cumbrian Coast Line • Doncaster-Lincoln Line • Durham Coast Line • Esk Valley Line • Furness Line • Hull-York Line • Newcastle and Carlisle Railway • Windermere Branch Line • Penistone Line • Ribble Valley Line • Tees Valley Line • Yorkshire Coast Line |
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