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Figures released rated Central Trains' performance at 87.8% for the PPM (Public Performance Measure) over the first quarter of the financial year 2007/8. [54] Latest figures released by NR (Network Rail) rated performance over the last year (up to 12 October 2013) at 91.5% (MAA) and 92.0% (PPM) for the seventh period of the financial year 2013/14.
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]
Contactless payment cards can be used between London St Pancras and Luton Airport Parkway. [31] Over the course of the franchise, several planned timetable changes are to be made: [25] earlier and later trains between Sheffield and Nottingham to East Midlands Parkway
Skegness was rising in importance, and stopping short at Wainfleet was hardly logical, so the Wainfleet and Firsby Railway Company obtained an Act on 18 July 1872 [3] to extend its line to Skegness. The extension was constituted as a separate entity for shareholding purposes; £27,000 in new share capital was authorised by the Act.
A couple of express Skegness-Sleaford-Nottingham trains run avoiding Grantham; these also call at Wainfleet, Boston, Heckington and Bingham. 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]
TransPennine Express trains from Cleethorpes run to Manchester Airport, passing through Scunthorpe and connecting to the East Coast Main Line at Doncaster before continuing via Sheffield. East Midlands Railway services between Skegness and Nottingham pass through Boston, Sleaford and Grantham.
Third rail, 750 V DC: Arun Valley line: Three Bridges to Arundel: 1848–1863: South East: Third rail, 750 V DC: Ascot–Ash Vale line: South East: Third rail, 750 V DC: Ashford to Ramsgate line: 1846: South East: Third rail, 750 V DC: Aylesbury–Princes Risborough line: 1863: South East — Bexleyheath line: Lewisham to Dartford: 1895: London ...
The passenger service was extended from Wainfleet to Skegness on 28 July 1873. [1] On 23 June 1881, there was an accident on a service from Skegness to Nottingham. [2] A carriage left the rails at Wainfleet, which derailed the carriages behind it, resulting in injuries to several passengers including one with a broken leg.