Grantham to Skegness Line

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Grantham-Skegness Line
Principal stations

(Nottingham-Grantham line)
Grantham

Ancaster
Rauceby
Sleaford

Heckington
Swineshead
Hubbert's Bridge
Boston
Thorpe Culvert
Wainfleet
Havenhouse
Skegness

The Grantham to Skegness Line is a railway line linking Grantham and Skegness in Lincolnshire, England. It diverges from the East Coast Main Line north of Grantham. Many trains on this route originate from the East Midlands via the Nottingham to Grantham Line.

The towns and villages served by the route are listed below:

The route is a community rail line.

According to a news report from November 2005, [1], the section between Boston and Skegness is currently unable to take heavy trains.

The line is not electrified.


Railway lines in the East of England:
Main lines: East Coast Main Line   Great Eastern Main Line
Cambridge-King's Lynn "Fen" Line   Cambridge-Norwich "Breckland" Line   Colchester-Clacton "Sunshine Coast" Line
Ely-Peterborough Line   Ipswich-Ely Line   London-Cambridge Line   London, Tilbury & Southend Line
Manningtree-Harwich "Mayflower" Line   Thameslink   West Anglia Main Line   
Commuter lines: Hertford Loop Line   Lea Valley Lines   Northern City Line   Romford-Upminster Line   
Shenfield-Southend Victoria Line   Witham-Braintree Line
Rural lines: Cambridge-Ipswich Line    Crouch Valley Line   East Suffolk Line   Grantham-Skegness Line
Ipswich-Felixstowe Line   Marks Tey-Sudbury "Gainsborough" Line   Norwich-Sheringham "Bittern" Line
Peterborough-Lincoln Line   Thorpe le Soken-Walton "Sunshine Coast" Line   Wherry Lines