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  2. Poacher Line - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Nottingham–Grantham line - Wikipedia

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    [3] [4] The line also closed for some six weeks in the summer of 2013, as part of a large-scale improvement to Nottinghamshire's rail network. [5] Skegness councillors were critical of the decision to close the line during the height of the tourist season, but Network Rail, the rail infrastructure company, stated that the summer was the ...

  4. Skegness railway station - Wikipedia

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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]

  5. Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston and Eastern Junction Railway

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    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 the resort town of Skegness. There were no intermediate stations or signal boxes but the long section was broken in May 1883 by opening a signal box at Marston, 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 ...

  6. Lincolnshire lines of the Great Northern Railway - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Grantham railway station - Wikipedia

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    It is 105 miles 38 chains (169.7 km) down the line from London King's Cross and is situated on the main line between Peterborough to the south and Newark North Gate to the north. Two secondary lines diverge from the main line north of Grantham: the "Poacher Line" to Skegness and a branch line to Nottingham. Its three-letter station code is GRA.

  8. East Midlands Trains - Wikipedia

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    InterCity 125 trains (HSTs) 43: Loco: 125 201 30 6 or 8 Inter-City Midland Main Line; NottinghamSkegness (Summer Saturdays only) 1975–1982 Mark 3: Coach: 136 1975–1988 Multiple units: 153 Super Sprinter: DMU: 75 120 21 1 Regional routes 1987–1988 156 Super Sprinter: 15 2 1987–1989 158/0 Express Sprinter: 90 145 26 1989–1992 222 ...

  9. Radcliffe railway station - Wikipedia

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    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 with diesel-multiple unit trains. [5] The station was renamed from Radcliffe on Trent to Radcliffe on 6 May 1974. [6]