Sheffield to Lincoln Line

Sheffield-Lincoln/Cleethorpes Line

Principal stations                   Sheffield Darnall Woodhouse Kiveton Bridge Kiveton Park Shireoaks Worksop (for Robin Hood Line) Retford (for East Coast Main Line) Gainsborough Lea Road Gainsborough Central (for Doncaster-Lincoln line)     Kirton Lindsey Saxilby Brigg Lincoln Central Barnetby Habrough (for Barton line) Grimsby Town Cleethorpes

The Sheffield to Lincoln line is a railway line in England. It runs from Sheffield east to Lincoln via Worksop, Retford and Gainsborough Lea Road. The route comprises the main line of the former Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, to Gainsborough, Trent Junction, where it then follows the former Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint line to Lincoln Central. The former main line continues continues from Trent Junction to Wrawby Junction, Barnetby, much of it now single line, where it then runs to Cleethorpes. This is currently served by six trains on Saturdays only.

The cities, towns and villages served by the route are listed below.

Sheffield-Lincoln

• Sheffield Midland
• Darnall
• Woodhouse
• Kiveton Bridge
• Kiveton Park
• Shireoaks
• Worksop
  • connections with Worksop-Nottingham line
• Retford
  • connections with ECML services at Retford
  • former main line continues forward from Trent Junction, just prior to reaching Gainsborough Central to Cleethorpes.
• Gainsborough Lea Road
  • connections with Doncaster-Lincoln line
• Saxilby
• Lincoln Central

Grimsby branch

• Gainsborough Central
• Kirton Lindsey
• Brigg
• Barnetby
  • connections with South TransPennine route and Nottingham to Grimsby Line
• Habrough
  • connections with Barton on Humber-Cleethorpes
• Grimsby Town
• Cleethorpes

Services on the line are provided by Northern Rail and often continue through Sheffield to the Sheffield to Hull Line or to the Penistone Line.

Railway lines in Northern England:
Main lines:	Cross-Country Route   East Coast Main Line   Midland Main Line   West Coast Main Line  Chester-Manchester Line    Hope Valley Line   Liverpool-Manchester Line    Manchester-Preston Line   Settle-Carlisle Railway
Commuter lines:	Airedale Line Blackburn-Bolton Line   Caldervale Line   Mid-Cheshire Line   Dearne Valley Line    East Lancashire Line   Glossop Line   Hallam Line   Harrogate Line   Huddersfield Line Kirkby Branch Line    Lancaster-Heysham Line   Leeds-Bradford Lines   Liverpool-Wigan Line    Manchester Airport Line    Manchester-Southport Line   Northern Line   Oldham Loop Line   Northallerton-Eaglescliffe Line    Ormskirk Branch Line   Pontefract Line   Sheffield-Hull Line   Sheffield-Lincoln Line   Stockport-Stalybridge Line    Wakefield Line   Wharfedale Line   Wirral Line   York & Selby Lines  York-Scarborough Line
Rural lines:	Barton Line   Borderlands Line   Buxton Line   Cumbrian Coast Line   Doncaster-Lincoln Line    Durham Coast Line   Esk Valley Line   Tees Valley Line   Furness Line   Hull-York Line     Oxenholme-Windermere Line   Penistone Line   Ribble Valley Line   Newcastle and Carlisle Railway    Yorkshire Coast Line