Sheffield-Lincoln line

Sheffield–Lincoln line
Kiveton Bridge station
Overview
Type	Heavy rail
System	National Rail
Status	Operational
Locale	East Midlands Yorkshire and the Humber
Termini	Sheffield Lincoln
Stations	12
Operation
Owner	Network Rail
Operator(s)	Northern Rail East Midlands Trains
Rolling stock	Class 142 "Pacer" Class 144 "Pacer" Class 153 "Sprinter"
Technical
Number of tracks	Two
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge

The Sheffield–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.

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

Services on the line are provided by Northern Rail.

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

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.

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. The Thrumpton box was rebuilt in 2014.