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Last Saturday Northern Rail's 144005 had a travelling Driver Inspector on board, he was filming the section between Gainsborough Trent Junction and North of Gainsborough Central station, if the section of route learning is under 5 miles then drivers can be taught via a video. The councils will...

Yes, it seems some lines have this offer but other do not, take Northern Rail's Duo Ticket offer, available on some lines but not others, and in some cases on one service on a shared line but not the other.

http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=150498

To give a fair balance to all, and to give clarity, should advance tickets be available to every rail line in the country ?

Always thought that St Annes was the option on the table for a passing loop. The other plus for Blackpool South is that Blackpool South is near the football ground. Sadly like the Brigg Line and others, this was a line singled in the 1980s cut backs.

Yes as part of the Northern Connect services It can be done in 13 minutes, 15 minutes include a 2 minute stop at GNB for some reason, 7 minutes then to turn the train around at Gainsborough Central. The train will head to the single section of track north of Gainsborough Central then come...

Some news just in which is great for the people of Gainsborough and the Brigg Line. We understand that from the May 2018 timetable, the Northern Rail stopping service from Sheffield Midland to Retford Low Level will be extended to Gainsborough Central. This means the station will receive...

They came to travel on the Brigg Line last Saturday getting on at Gainsborough Central, the 0803 Sheffield to Cleethorpes via Brigg service was packed with Mansfield Town fans heading of to Cleethorpes via Worksop, they managed to get a seat and did some interviews with people on the train...

I think a Birmingham to Cleethorpes via Lincoln / Market Rasen would be a good shout. Connecting Northern / Central Lincolnshire with the Midlands.

The details of Network Rail and the Brigg Line are been handled by Sir Peter Hendry, one member of the Gainsborough rail group was in management at London Transport and Peter Hendy was his apprentice, details of all of the serious issues on the Brigg Line and the fact that we need to get...

Bad News :( Work has now started again at Gainsborough Central. New footbridge to be erected in the next few weeks. So that £ 400000 for a footbridge a Brigg that the retirement town can not use and £400000 for one at Gainsborough Central where 99% of people use the foot crossing as its...

If a TOC wanted to set up a new rover ticket for a few stations on a line which it was the soul TOC running services on that line. How flexible could it be with it pricing or are there rules saying it could not be lower say then any day return between the stations it was covering ?

Information about the new Gainsborough Central footbridge construction been " paused " can be found here. http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=126369

Word is getting around that Sir Peter Hendy is cracking the whip already and common sense has arrived at last on the Brigg Line where over the last few years millions have been wasted in a Network Rail tick box exercise. For those that are not aware the footbridges at Brigg and Gainsborough...

We are informed by ex BBC Look North Transport presenter " Alan Whitehouse " that around 1980 a Sheffield Midland - Huddersfield DMU failed near Sheffield Victoria, it was taken to Penistone by 2x class 76's before transferring onto another DMU that had been sent down.