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

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...

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 ?

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...

A local resident of Brigg was telling me about the last time he saw a pick up freight train at Brigg, it was around 1983, he says it it was around this time that all pick up freight paths stopped. Does anyone know the history of the last pick up freights and where they went to and from please ?

A gentleman has approached our rail group asking about cheap tickets / split tickets to travel from Scunthorpe to Edale, traveling on either a Saturday or Sunday. The gentleman in question is a keen walker and so is not after advanced tickets from Scunthorpe to Sheffield Midland on TPE as...

We were around Woodhouse ( Junction ) nr Sheffield a few days ago and saw this sign that had been took down. what does it mean and what was it used for please ? https://www.flickr.com/photos/123909447@N05/16193151420/in/set-72157650097270338

On Saturday 3rd January the late running 1520 Cleethorpes - Sheffield Midland via Brigg service was put on the 1750 Leeds semi fast service ( Normally a booked 158 ), when this train get to Leeds it then makes a service to Nottingham, at Sheffield Midland the unit was changed again for a 158 as...

Could someone please tell me what are the legal requirements at railway stations with displaying timetable posters. We have an ongoing issue where one TOC is refusing to put up another TOC's timetable poster at their stations but saying it is covered by putting the destinations on a A-Z board...

Could someone throw some light on why a large number of the EM1 ( Class 76's ) were withdrawn in 1977, Ive heard it was due to blue asbestos ?

This is a survey on behalf of the Friends Of The Brigg & Lincoln Lines who work in partnership with the Gainsborough Rail and Bus users group ( GRaB ), and is for any customers that travel on Northern Rail's Sheffield - Lincoln or Sheffield to Cleethorpes via Brigg lines, or interchange at...

In a few weeks our rail group will have a meeting with East Coast Trains and the Retford community to discuss the way forward for Retford Low Level Station. For anyone who does not know about this station it is a 1965 rebuild with a fly-under the East Coast Mainline, Pre 1965 it used to have...

How common is it for block ticketing pricing on the network ? On our Sheffield Midland to Cleethorpes via Brigg line we have an odd arrangement where a day return ticket from Worksop/Retford and Gainsborough Central to Grimsby Town or Cleethorpes costs the same price £18.10p Is there...

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This Saturday ( 30th November ) a group of us are traveling from Worksop, Retford & Gainsborough Central to Grimsby on a shopping trip. The return fare from Worksop to Grimsby via Brigg is £18.10 , is there anything cheaper than this by breaking up the journey. We will be going on the 0832...

http://www.northernrail.org/news/7347 "

Apologies if this has been posted before ? But here is a 13 minute video take on the 4th Jan 1970, this was the last day of passgenger services from Sheffield Victoria to Manchester Piccadilly. Please enjoy :D...

A great debate started on Twitter a few days ago about travelling to the seaside by train. This got me wondering which stations, open or closed, and either here in the UK or around the world are nearist to the beach. Cleethorpes and Dawlish must be good contenders, and what problems did...

Yesterday I was in the Manchester area, at a number of locations around the Stockport area a number of sections of track/crossovers had been painted with what looks like white gloss paint. Has anybody got any idea what this means ?

A chap was speaking to me on twitter last night about Northern Rail, he told me he worked at Selafield and that they used to have a loco hauled train service, he said on that line now they have a number of 153's & 156 working the route. He said their is a rumour going around that loco hauled...