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The last evening train at 9pm from Skegness is an express to Nottingham avoiding Grantham. Grantham to Skegness takes about 1 hour 30 minutes on the Poacher Line. [6] As well as providing the only rail service for Boston and Skegness, the line also provides the most frequent and reliable service from Sleaford to reach London.
At Grantham, the line meets the East Coast Main Line and also the Grantham–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 ...
The line between Colwick Junction and Grantham is still open to passengers, as part of the Nottingham–Grantham line. There is (2019) typically an hourly train from Liverpool to Norwich, calling at Nottingham and Grantham, and an hourly train from Nottingham to Skegness, calling at intermediate stations on the line. [30]
The Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway had constructed a line from Nottingham to Grantham and the Boston, Sleaford and Midland Counties Railway had built a line east from Grantham. There was a significant mineral flow from Nottingham to the Lincolnshire towns, as well as a developing holiday and excursion traffic.
Up until 1966, the railway station had a goods yard with sheds; however, this area along with platform one was demolished between 1980 and 1983. This area is now used as a car park belonging to nearby offices. Seacroft railway station was located just outside Skegness, but this has also now closed. The next station on the line is Havenhouse.
Boston railway station serves the town of Boston in Lincolnshire, England. It is a stop on the Poacher Line , which connects Grantham with Skegness . The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway , who provide all rail services.
The line opened on 29 October 1875, with three freight trains each way daily; it was soon used extensively in summer by passenger trains from Nottingham and Leicester to Skegness. There were no intermediate stations or boxes but the long section was broken in May 1883 by opening Marston box, 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles from Allington junction.
Several Grantham trains have connections to London King's Cross or to York. An extra service to Liverpool stops every day, and on Sundays there is an extra service to Norwich . Bottesford is the least used station in the county of Leicestershire and is one stop down the line from Nottinghamshire 's least used station, Elton and Orston .