Sheffield–Lincoln line

[2] North of Gainsborough Central the Brigg branch line primarily carries freight trains to/from the Port of Immingham.Additional services provided by East Midlands Railway serve the section between Lincoln and Gainsborough Lea Road en route to Doncaster.At Barnetby, the route is joined by the South Humberside Main Line and the section between there and Cleethorpes is also served by hourly trains from Manchester Airport, operated by TransPennine Express.On reopening, Clarborough Junction signalbox was closed and control passed to Thrumpton, and the two level crossings were converted to automatic half barriers.Mandatory inspections and patrols still take place of which are done on foot, however there are no official plans to reopen the line for passenger or freight traffic as of March 2023.This flat crossing caused congestion as trains could not run on both lines at the same time; this was to become a bigger problem when the West Burton and Cottam power stations were built, as they would require 5 million imperial tons (approx.
Network RailEast MidlandsYorkshire and the HumberNational RailNorthernEast Midlands RailwayClass 158 "Express Sprinter"Track gaugestandard gaugeElectrificationMidland MainHallamPenistone LinesSheffieldWoodhead LineMidland Main LineDearne Valley lineRotherham CentralDarnallWoodhouseBeightonGreat Central Main LineWaleswoodKiveton BridgeKiveton ParkSouth Yorkshire Jt RlyDoncasterShireoaksRobin Hood LineSutton ParkwayWorksopChecker HouseEast Coast Main LineNewarkRetfordClarboroughSturtonWest Burtonpower stationsLevertonDoncaster–Lincoln lineCottam power stationsCottamRiver TrentTorkseyGainsboroughLea RoadCentralStow ParkBlytonSaxilbyNorthorpeLancashire, Derbyshire& East Coast RailwaySkellingthorpeKirton LindseyFossdyke NavigationNottingham–Lincoln lineNewark CastleScawbyLincolnPeterborough–Lincoln lineSleafordGrimsby–Lincoln–Newark lineSouth Humberside MLCleethorpesS Humberside MLBarnetbyBrocklesbyBarton lineBarton-on-HumberHabroughStallingboroughHealingGreat CoatesImmingham DocksGrimsby TownEast Lincolnshire RlyGrimsby DocksNew Cleerailway lineEnglandGainsborough Lea RoadManchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire RailwayGreat Northern and Great Eastern Joint RailwayPort of ImminghamDoncaster-Lincoln LineLincoln CentralWorksop–Nottingham lineGainsborough CentralSouth Humberside Main LineHatfield and StainforthGrimsbyMarket RasenSouth TransPennineBarton on Humber–Cleethorpes lineManchester AirportTransPennine ExpressSheffield and Lincolnshire Junction RailwayThrumptona freight train collided at low speed with the side of a local passenger train at Wrawby JunctionNorthern RailDB SchenkerLangworthNorthern TrainsClass 195Class 150Class 158Class 170 DoncasterDoncaster to Lincoln lineWest Burton Power StationCottam Power StationGreat Central RailwayGreat Northern Railwayflat crossingNational Coal Boarddive-underModern RailwaysChiltern Main LineCross Country RouteWest Coast Main LineBirmingham–Peterborough lineBuxton lineCrewe–Derby lineDerwent Valley lineGlossop lineHope Valley lineIvanhoe lineNorthampton loopNottingham–Grantham lineOakham–Kettering linePoacher LineLeicester–Burton upon Trent lineCastle Donington LineBattlefield Line RailwayChasewater RailwayChurnet Valley RailwayEcclesbourne Valley RailwayFoxfield RailwayLincolnshire Wolds RailwayMidland Railway – ButterleyNene Valley RailwayNorthampton & Lamport RailwayNottingham Heritage RailwayPeak RailRushden, Higham & Wellingborough RailwayRutland Railway (Cottesmore)Hallam LineLeeds–Morecambe lineNorthallerton–Eaglescliffe lineSettle–Carlisle lineAiredale lineAskern branch lineCalder Valley lineEsk Valley lineHarrogate lineHuddersfield lineHull–ScarboroughLeeds–Bradford linesLeeds–Northallerton railwayPenistone LinePontefract lineSelby DiversionSelby LineStocksbridge RailwaySwinton–DoncasterWakefield lineWharfedale lineYork–ScarboroughBarnsley–DoncasterBeeston Junction–Hunslet Goods railwayBradford–Leeds & WakefieldBrockholes–HolmfirthClayton West branchDearne Valley RailwayGilling and PickeringHarrogate–Church FentonHarrogate Gasworks RailwayHuddersfield–KirkburtonHull–Barnsley (Cudworth)Hull and HoldernessHull and HornseaKnaresborough–YorkLeeds–HarrogateLow Moor–MirfieldMalton–DriffieldMiddlesbrough–GuisboroughMiddlesbrough–Guisborough–NormanbyHuddersfield–BradfordLockwood–MelthamNunthorpe–BattersbyOtley–IlkleyPilmoor–KnaresboroughQueensbury linesRosedale RailwayRoyston to ThornhillScarborough–WhitbySeamer–PickeringSelby–DriffieldSelby–GooleShipley Great Northern Railway branch lineSowerby Bridge–RishworthSkipton–GrassingtonSkipton–IlkleySpurn railwayThirsk and Malton lineWetherby–Cross Gates (Leeds)Whitby–LoftusYork–Market Weighton–BeverleyYork–York (Foss Island)Derwent Valley Light RailwayElsecar Heritage RailwayEmbsay and Bolton Abbey Steam RailwayKeighley & Worth Valley RailwayMiddleton RailwayNorth Bay RailwayNorth Yorkshire Moors RailwayWensleydale RailwayColsterdale Light RailwayNidd Valley Light RailwayNorth Holderness Light RailwaySand Hutton Light RailwayWhistlestop Valley