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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.
Horncastle–Skegness [note 5] — Stagecoach in Lincolnshire: February 1999: Yes, 6 times each way for the InterConnect 56. InterConnect 57/B7: Hot Pink: Skegness–Boston: X57 [note 9] Stagecoach in Lincolnshire / Brylaine Travel: March 2005: No InterConnect 59 [note 10] Purple: Skegness–Mablethorpe / Mablethorpe–Louth [note 5 ...
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.
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The most sensible route around Grantham is to follow the A1 from Barrowby and take the A607 exit into Grantham, although there is a low bridge (13') on Springfield Road (another part of the A607), which was the UK's most-hit bridge in 2006. [11] There have been plans for an A52 bypass south of Grantham, which have many cycle-riding objectors.
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]
Skegness was dubbed "the Blackpool of the East Coast" or "Nottingham by the Sea". It has a mascot, the Jolly Fisherman, designed by John Hassall in 1908 for the Great Northern Railway; its slogan, "Skegness is so bracing", is a reference to the chilly prevailing north-easterly winds that can and frequently do blow off the North Sea. [3]
Mablethorpe and Sutton declined as resorts. In 1970 a widespread closure of the former GNR lines in Lincolnshire took place. Skegness continued to be served via Grantham, Sleaford and Boston, but the rest of the East Lincolnshire Line closed. By this time most of the rural branch lines had already closed.