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Please can anyone tell me why this well used section of line closed, and what was the last trains to use it ?

Does anyone know if their are any railtours planned in the near future on the " freight" only line from Sheffield Victoria to Deepcar / Stocksbridge Steel Works ?

Does anyone know what traffic now go's up and down the " Brigg " line from Wrawby Junction to Gainsborough Central ? And what time is the line open from , I guess its not 24hrs ?

I am at present in a battle with Northern Rail & Network Rail over the closure of the " Lincoln Line " on a Sunday until 1330pm Network Rail kindly inform me that they have to close the line for repairs as the line is open 24/7, erm.... hang on but im sure their are other lines up and down...

For anyone who does not know, we are now coming upto 20 years since the " Brigg Line " ( Sheffield Midland - Gainsborough Central - Brigg - Cleethorpes ) lost its Monday to Friday service. This now leaves the line with a Saturday only service of 3 trains to/from Sheffield Midland to...

Roll up Roll up :cool: Im looking for a list of the worst Sunday passenger services out there. These could include lines that had a good Sunday service but has been cut back, lines that have never had a Sunday service but need one & lines where it takes forever to get there on a Sunday...

Hello Peeps :D Just to let you know that if anyone on here is on facebook then a heads up to our Sheffield Victoria Station facebook page www.facebook.com/sheffieldvictoriastation A new admin team has taken over the site, over the next few months new and rare pictures of the former "...

What is the history of this section of line I've been told they don't use it anymore and if so when was the last train please ?

My football team ( Peterborough United ) are at Old Trafford this Sunday in the League 1 play offs. Peterborough United were in talks with East Midland Trains in hiring a HST to take fans to/from Peterborough to Manchester. EMT quoted £16000 to be paid up front which works out at around...

Are there any lines out there that only have old style signal boxs on there entire route ? e.g I was going to say Preston to Blackpool North but the Preston end is controlled by Preston PSB

We have just started a facebook page for Sheffield Victoria Station ( link below in our signature section ) feel free to join :D Has anyone got any suggestion of pages / people we can add

Brilliant film :D Has anyone been on the line recently ? I guess with the line closing in in the 1950's there is not much now ?

Take The Woodhead Line when it closed Rails , Signals , Equipment. Are they re-used on the network or just sold for scrap ?

Sounds easy but I need to get there before 1230pm and leave after 1830pm , it can be the first train there and the last train back. I can start from Doncaster and even go via Birmingham if cheaper , does anyone know if there is any offers on ?

I need to find the cheapist ticket from Sheffield - Reading for Saturday 17th April , Iam limited time wise as ive got to get into Reading around 12pm and leave back from 1800-1830pm , is it cheaper going direct via brum or via London via Midland Main Line. Cheapist ticket I have upto now is...

Here is a link to a picture of the M67 going under the Woodhead Line near Newton For Hyde station , the M67 was build in 1978, my questions are, how did they manage to keep the railway running when the road was under constuction and is there any other examples people can think off ...

Just had a look though some old pictures of Sheffield Victoria in the 1960's and there was a newspaper train to/from Cleethorpes. What are people's memory of ( any ) newpaper trains and what routes did they do and when and why did they stop ?:roll:

Ok something here to get the brain cells going , let see if we can get a list of the last booked train that was used on a section of line and after it used it the line was closed. it can be anything so steam train , loco or unit . For e.g 76006 & 76014 were the last ( electric ) trains to go...

On my Flickr page of Sheffield Victoria Station http://www.flickr.com/groups/sheffield-victoria-station/ There are some very rare photos of Sheffield Victoria that people have taken , my question is have you taken a rare picture, for e.g the last train on a line before it closed or a...

Im trying to see how many lines in the UK have only freight traffic running on them where before passenger service used to run on them. Best e.g I have is Sheffield Victoria - Deepcar :D