Nottingham to Grantham Line

Nottingham-Grantham Line
A class 158 nearing Radcliffe station
Overview
Type	Heavy rail
System	National Rail
Status	Operational
Locale	Lincolnshire Nottinghamshire East Midlands
Termini	Nottingham 52°56′50″N 1°08′48″W / 52.9471°N 1.1467°W / 52.9471; -1.1467 (Nottingham station) Grantham 52°54′24″N 0°38′35″W / 52.9067°N 0.6430°W / 52.9067; -0.6430 (Grantham station)
Stations	8
Operation
Opened	1850
Owner	Network Rail
Operator(s)	East Midlands Trains
Rolling stock	Class 153 Super Sprinter Class 156 Super Sprinter Class 158 Express Sprinter
Technical
No. of tracks	Two
Track gauge	Standard Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)

[v · d · e]Nottingham-Grantham Line
Legend Midland Main Line Nottingham Nottingham to Lincoln Line Netherfield To Gedling Colliery Rectory Junction River Trent To Cotgrave Colliery Radcliffe To Melton Mowbray Bingham Aslockton Elton and Orston Bottesford West Junction Newark on Trent to Melton Mowbray line Bottesford Poacher Line Allington Junction East Coast Main Line Grantham East Coast Main Line

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.

• Nottingham
• Netherfield
• Radcliffe on Trent
• Bingham
• Aslockton and Whatton
• Elton and Orston
• Bottesford
• Grantham

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.^[1] The journey on this route to Skegness takes 1 hour 50 minutes, compared to 2 hours 20 minutes via Grantham.

History

The line was initially operated by the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway from July 15 1850, taken over by the GNR 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.^[2]

References

1. ^ http://www.signalbox.org/gallery/e/allingtonjcn.htm
2. ^ http://www.meltonmowbray.steamrailways.com/Barnstone%20Branch.htm

External links

• History page
• Recent photos of the route
• Former Jolly Fisherman excursions (pre-1993)

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Coordinates: 52°57′12″N 0°52′30″W / 52.9533°N 0.8750°W / 52.9533; -0.8750

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