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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 saves 30 minutes of the 2 hours 20 minutes journey via Grantham.
Lincolnshire InterConnect is a rural bus network in the county of Lincolnshire in the east of England. A number of InterConnect -branded interurban bus routes with fixed timetables are complemented by demand-responsive , flexible CallConnect minibuses , on which journeys must be booked in advance.
The Grantham–Skegness line, promoted originally as the Poacher Line, runs for 55 miles (89 km) between Grantham and Skegness in Lincolnshire, England. Trains on this route generally operate hourly from Nottingham to Skegness via the Nottingham to Grantham Line , with additional slower stopping services at peak times.
In August 2008, however, the company's depot in Louth was closed, with some routes being taken over by Skegness and Grimsby depots and a number of contracted routes surrendered. [17] A new depot in Skegness was later opened by Stagecoach in September 2009, costing £2.2 million to construct. [18]
From 7 January 1963 passenger steam trains between Grantham, Bottesford, Elton and Orston, Aslockton, Bingham, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Netherfield and Colwick, Nottingham London-road (High Level) and Nottingham (Victoria) were replaced by diesel multiple-unit trains. [3] Images [4] show how the station looked in 1967. No station buildings by Hine ...
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The Allington Chord was constructed near Grantham in 2006, allowing services between Nottingham and Skegness to call at Grantham without having to use the ECML, trains now passing under the line. This provided sufficient extra capacity for 12 additional services between Leeds and London each day.
There is a daytime Monday-to-Friday bus service to Skegness, [7] a single Wednesday service to Boston, [8] and occasional local and school bus services open to other passengers. [ 9 ] Alford also has bus connections to Mablethorpe and Spilsby, and one service a day to and from Louth.