33-572: Rolleston station is a stop on the Nottingham to Lincoln Line . It is located around half a mile from the small village of Rolleston , one of the Trent -side villages near Southwell in Nottinghamshire , England . The station adjoins Southwell Racecourse . The station was opened on 4 August 1846, with services running between Nottingham and Lincoln . The branch line to Southwell
66-475: A hundred years of pedestrian and driver frustration in central Lincoln because there were two mainline level crossings on the High Street within 350 metres, resulting in congestion and traffic chaos. Lincoln St. Marks station was closed (along with its High Street crossing) in the mid-1980s when a diversionary curve was laid to allow services from Nottingham to enter Lincoln Central. The old station building
99-538: A much reduced number than they had originally planned. There is one train a day to London leaving Lincoln at 07:30 Monday-Friday and 07:33 on Saturday, there is no East Coast Service to London on a Sunday. The return service leaves London at 19:06 Monday-Friday, 18.08 on Saturday, and 19.08 on Sunday. The operation passed over to Virgin Trains East Coast in early 2015 and as of June 2018 the King's Cross service
132-591: A new state of the art signalling centre near the West Holmes box. Pelham Street and West Holmes boxes were demolished, but the High Street and East Holmes boxes are listed buildings and are preserved. Lincoln is included in the Lincoln Transport Hub redevelopment scheme, with aims to improve connectivity between bus and rail services in Lincoln by the construction of a new bus station adjacent to
165-819: A single daily service to London St Pancras International . On Sundays, the service to Leicester runs only as far as Nottingham and there is no service to Peterborough, Doncaster or London. In the summer months, there are three trains per day between Nottingham and Cleethorpes but no service on this route in the winter. Northern Trains Northern Trains operate an hourly service to Leeds as part of their Northern Connect network. This service calls at all stations to Worksop before running non-stop to Sheffield and continuing to Leeds. On Sundays, this service runs to Huddersfield instead of Leeds and calls at all stations between Worksop and Sheffield. London North Eastern Railway London North Eastern Railway operate direct services every two hours to London King's Cross via
198-532: A study into 90-mile-per-hour (140 km/h) running. The line serves the following places. The timetable has been improved on the line since 2015, with additional trains introduced between Newark Castle and Nottingham in addition to the primary Nottingham to Lincoln ones. The Sunday service on the line has also been increased since the May 2017 timetable change, with the former afternoon-only timetable improved to an hourly frequency each way starting from mid-morning and
231-424: Is also served by a small number of trains between Leicester , Nottingham, Lincoln and Grimsby Town . There is also a two-hourly service on Sundays: trains run between Nottingham, Lincoln and Grimsby with no service to Crewe. 53°03′55″N 0°53′59″W / 53.06528°N 0.89972°W / 53.06528; -0.89972 Nottingham to Lincoln Line The Nottingham–Lincoln line , marketed as
264-541: Is now operated by London North Eastern Railway . LNER have started running two-hourly trains between Lincoln and King's Cross. In addition to the London North Eastern Railway service, East Midlands Railway operate one train per day Monday-Saturday from Lincoln to London St Pancras, with a return journey in the evening. The new Northern franchise started in April 2016 had service improvements on
297-541: Is now part of a shopping centre and houses Lakeland. Most passenger trains were taken over by diesel units from 14 April 1958, taking about an hour between the two cities. Passenger services on the line are provided by East Midlands Railway , using a mix of mainly Class 156 diesel multiple units , Class 158 diesel multiple units, and pairs of Class 153 diesel multiple units. At certain times Class 156 and Class 153 trains run coupled together. Many trains on this route continue southward from Nottingham to Leicester via
330-473: Is part of the PlusBus scheme, where train and bus tickets can be bought together at a saving. Lincoln Central bus station , the city's main bus station, is within a couple of minutes' walk from the railway station and is located to the north-east of the station and easily accessed via a pedestrian crossing and pedestrianised plaza. The station buildings were designed by John Henry Taylor of London in 1848, for
363-533: The Castle line , is a railway line in central England , running north-east from Nottingham to Lincoln . The Nottingham to Lincoln line was built by the Midland Railway and engineered by Robert Stephenson . The contractors for the line were Craven and Son of Newark and Nottingham who also built many of the stations. Lincoln railway station was built by the contractor Mr. Burton of Lincoln. The line
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#1732801404870396-712: The East Coast Main Line . Network Rail instituted a major resignalling scheme for Lincoln during the years 2007–2008 which saw: As a direct result, terminating trains no longer need to shunt from one side of the station to the other to take up their return workings, reducing turnaround times for terminating trains and improve train service punctuality and reliability. As part of the overall scheme, Lincoln's platforms were renumbered from 3–7 to 1–5: (the platform numbers being subtracted by 2) All four existing signal boxes – High Street, East Holmes, West Holmes and Pelham Street Junction – were closed and replaced by
429-573: The Great Northern Railway company. It is built in a Tudor revival style of yellow brick, with stone dressings and slate roofs, with six ridge and eight side wall stacks. The buildings and footbridge were Grade II listed in 1990. The station has been the only station in Lincoln since the closure of Lincoln St. Marks in 1985. Despite this, the station retained its "Central" suffix until 2019. The station's "welcome" message, recorded by East Midlands Trains and still in use, refers to
462-594: The InterCity East Coast franchise in December 2007. As part of the commitment, NXEC planned to introduce a two-hourly service between Lincoln and London King's Cross , starting in 2009. This service would have alternated with a two-hourly service to York . The InterCity East Coast Franchise was passed to East Coast in November 2009. In late 2009 East Coast along with NetworkRail published details of
495-626: The Midland Main Line . Some trains call at Newark Northgate (this is generally the first two and last two trains of the day) by running down the spur at the side of the East Coast Main Line and then reversing back again. Many trains also run between Newark North Gate and Lincoln throughout the day, usually timed to provide connections to London King's Cross and other stations on the East Coast Main Line. Every other hour this service continues to Grimsby from Lincoln, with
528-620: The ECML proposed new timetable, including the Lincoln-London services. In spring 2010 it was announced that this new service would be cut back. East Coast, citing financial restraints during the credit crunch, announced instead just one direct train in each direction per day, with extra services running only as far as Newark North Gate station, meaning Lincoln passengers will still have to change trains there. On 22 May 2011 East Coast started direct Lincoln-London Kings Cross services, albeit in
561-485: The Lincoln line – the service frequency to Sheffield & Retford was increased to twice hourly during the week, and to hourly on Sundays in 2019, whilst the Lincoln to Sheffield service was incorporated into Arriva Rail North 's Northern Connect regional network and extended to Leeds via Barnsley . In 2006, open-access operator Renaissance Trains proposed the introduction of a service operating between Cleethorpes and Stratford , which would call at Lincoln, under
594-615: The Nottingham–London portion of the journey. There is also a few trains a day in each direction run by London North Eastern Railway from Lincoln to London King's Cross which leaves/joins the Nottingham to Lincoln line at the Newark flat crossing with the ECML just north of Newark North Gate station. Download coordinates as: Lincoln Central railway station Lincoln railway station (previously Lincoln Central ) serves
627-435: The city centre to increase the connectivity of the city centre on foot and by cycle. In addition to this, there is currently construction of a coffee shop within the station premises. For many years, Lincoln had not been served with a direct rail service to London. However, the awarding of two new rail franchises saw this remedied. On 14 August 2007, it was announced that National Express East Coast (NXEC) would take over
660-582: The city of Lincoln in Lincolnshire , England. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway . East Midlands Railway provides the majority of services from the station, with other services being provided by Northern and London North Eastern Railway . It is the busiest station in Lincolnshire, and the fifth busiest station in the East Midlands . The station
693-409: The first and last trains of the day continuing to Cleethorpes. Summer Sundays see a scheduled Newark NG–Lincoln–Cleethorpes service. As of August 2019, London North Eastern Railway runs one train a day in each direction from London to Lincoln. The line between Newark and Lincoln is currently only cleared for 50–70-mile-per-hour (80–100 km/h) speeds. Nottinghamshire County Council has paid for
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#1732801404870726-487: The intermediate stations served at least every two hours. One train daily on a Monday to Saturday runs along the line from Lincoln to London St Pancras in the morning, and from London St Pancras back to Lincoln in the evening. It only calls at the busier stations along the line, namely Collingham, Newark Castle, Lowdham (evening journey only) and Nottingham. The train travels along the Midland Main Line for
759-529: The local surgeon arrived at Newark Castle station, the victim had died from his injuries. The inquest recommended that a footbridge be installed. The station was previously known as Rolleston Junction , as it used to be the junction for the railway line to Southwell and Mansfield, which in its latter years played host to the Southwell Paddy service. This line closed to passengers in June 1959, although
792-440: The majority of services at Lincoln. Off-peak, they operate an hourly service to Leicester via Nottingham and an hourly service to Peterborough via Sleaford . There are also trains every two hours between Leicester via Nottingham and Newark Castle to Grimsby Town , with one train per day continuing to/from Cleethorpes . East Midlands Railway also operate five trains per day between Peterborough and Doncaster , as well as
825-538: The name Humber Coast & City Railway to begin in 2008. The service never began operation, and all trace was removed from the Renaissance website in 2009, implying that the service was no longer being pursued. Nottinghamshire County Council, the Department for Transport and Network Rail are in discussion about various improvements to the line towards Nottingham including a doubling of service. In April 2019,
858-471: The new East Midlands Railway franchise was awarded, which included several key improvements for services in Lincoln. These included an increase of London St Pancras to Lincoln services to 2 trains per day, as well as the introduction of hourly services between Doncaster and Peterborough via Lincoln from December 2021 instead of the current hourly Peterborough to Lincoln service and 5 trains per day between Doncaster and Lincoln. Other improvements as part of
891-442: The new franchise include hourly services will be introduced between Nottingham and Grimsby Town via Lincoln with limited extensions to Cleethorpes , which would be achieved by extending the existing Leicester to Lincoln service to Grimsby Town. The existing Newark North Gate to Grimsby service would instead terminate at Lincoln. On 9 May 2019, following the end of the standstill period, Abellio confirmed they planned to extend
924-593: The railway station, alongside improvements to the railway station itself, including a new pedestrianised plaza outside the main entrance on St Mary's Street. Construction of the Transport Hub commenced in August 2016 and was completed in January 2018. There are also plans for improvements to the railway station itself, alongside the construction of a new footbridge over the railway line from Tentercroft Street into
957-473: The service beyond Southwell had ended three decades earlier. The name also avoided confusion with Rolleston-on-Dove railway station on the line between Burton upon Trent and Egginton Junction . Rolleston is on the Nottingham to Lincoln Line ; its neighbouring stations are Newark Castle , around 4 miles east, and Fiskerton , around 3 ⁄ 4 mile west. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway , who provide services to
990-457: The station as Lincoln Central. In late-2010, East Midlands Trains announced that it intended to develop an improved customer service area and improve the café and toilets. The station has a total of 5 platforms, numbered 1-5: Train services at Lincoln are operated by East Midlands Railway , Northern Trains and London North Eastern Railway . Services at the station are as follows: East Midlands Railway East Midlands Railway operate
1023-408: The station. The station is unstaffed and offers limited facilities other than two shelters, bicycle storage, timetables and modern help points . The full range of tickets can be purchased from the guard on the train at no extra cost, as there are no retail facilities at this station. All services at Rolleston are operated by East Midlands Railway . The typical off-peak service is: The station
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1056-490: Was inspected by General Pasley on 31 July 1846 and opened on 4 August 1846. Originally the line ended at Lincoln Midland station (later renamed St. Marks) which was built as a terminus. The line was later extended to a junction just east of Lincoln Central railway station (the former Great Northern station), enabling through running from Nottingham to the South Humber ports and Cleethorpes . This extension led to over
1089-593: Was opened in 1847, but the Midland Railway suspended passenger services for a while during the 1850s; these were restored from 1 August 1860 as the Midland Railway saw demand for a planned new line through Southwell to Mansfield . On Saturday 5 December 1874, John Bradwell, senior churchwarden at Southwell Minster , stopped on the foot crossing. As he was very deaf, he did not hear an approaching train which knocked him down. The stationmaster arranged for him to be taken by train to Newark-on-Trent but, just as
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