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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 ...
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.
The Skegness Seasider buses were replaced for the 2024 season with twelve Alexander Dennis Enviro400H hybrid electric buses transferred from Stagecoach Manchester, with two of the Seasiders, Milly and Pierre becoming closed top buses to allow them to run in the winter season as well as the summer season.
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.
There are two-hourly daytime, weekday buses to Sleaford and Grantham. There are also demand-response minibus services. [20] The Grantham to Skegness railway line passes close to the north of the village, running alongside the A153 road and crosses the road at a level crossing close to the east.
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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]
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 ...