Peterborough to Doncaster Line (Great Northern Railway)






Dates

26/08/2000Peterborough to Doncaster Line (Great Northern Railway)
Bridge over Newark Dyke, Newark, replaced.

Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.

The start of the new Werrington dive-under, three miles north of Peterborough, seen from passing UK Railtours' excursion from Kings Cross to ...
David Bosher 25/09/2021
Dive, dive, all dive - the start (Southern end) of the Werrington diveunder, seen from a Cambridge to Birmingham train in June 2022. View looks North ...
Ken Strachan 10/06/2022
Inside the concrete structure at Werrington Junction. ...
Network Rail /01/2021
Guide Tunnel installed on site at Werrington Junction. ...
Network Rail /01/2021
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This picture was taken just over five years ago in October 2017; but a lot of water has passed under the bridge since then, on the railways and ...
Ken Strachan 25/10/2017
Platform 4 waiting room window at Grantham in 2016. ...
Ian Dinmore //2016
153311 pulls into Grantham to reverse and form the 17.45 EMT service to Nottingham. 25th October 2017 ...
Ken Strachan 25/10/2017
DRS 20309+20308 with Pathfinder Tours The Norfolk Broadsman stopping for a breather at Grantham on 5 March 2011 during its return day trip ...
Ken Strachan 05/03/2011
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A Class 91 on the rear of a southbound ECML service passes the site of Barkston station (closed to passengers 1955 and goods in 1964) but there is no ...
John McIntyre 18/03/2011
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DVT 82213 leads an up ECML service through Barkston South Jct on 18 March 2011. ...
John McIntyre 18/03/2011
DB 67030 heads north light engine along the ECML on 26th January 2018. The locomotive has just passed the former Barkston South Junction, where the ...
Mark Bartlett 26/01/2018
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GBRF 66726 hauls a rake of box wagons north along the ECML at Hougham, between Grantham and Newark, on 17 March 2011. Hougham station and yard were ...
John McIntyre 17/03/2011
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Looking north on 5 October 2013, from Hawton Lane over-bridge, Balderton, Newark, along the former line running from Melton Mowbray North to Newark, ...
David Pesterfield 05/10/2013
Hawton Lane overbridge, Balderton, Newark, which crosses the long distance national cycle-path 64 running along the solum of the former line that ran ...
David Pesterfield 05/10/2013
View South of London Road skew overbridge, Balderton, Newark, on the former route running from the East Coast line at Newark to the north side of ...
David Pesterfield 05/10/2013
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A large station on the East Coast Main Line of three platforms. Also known as Newark Northgate. Opened 1852, 6 years after the nearby Newark Castle opened in 1846.
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The station frontage at Newark Northgate in February 2018. It looks like a well known brand of coffee outlets was delivering at the time of my visit. ...
John McIntyre 18/02/2018
A London bound Hull Trains Class 180 diesel unit passes Newark Northgate on 18 February 2018. ...
John McIntyre 18/02/2018
A northbound service to Leeds with a VTEC Class 91 arrives at Newark Northgate on 18 February 2018. ...
John McIntyre 18/02/2018
A Colas Rail tamper stabled in Newark Northgate sidings on 10th February 2015. ...
Colin McDonald 10/02/2015
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This is a level crossing where one double track railway crosses another. It is the last remaining example of its kind in Britain, sometimes known as a 'flat crossing'. It is also known as Trent Level Crossing.
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See also
Nottingham to Lincoln Branch (Midland Railway)
A GNER service flashes across Newark Crossing. This is the last flat crossing where a railway crosses a railway on the level in the UK. ...
Ewan Crawford //
Newark Flat Level Crossing at night. A GNER train speeds south. Taken from the road crossing. ...
Ewan Crawford 18/11/2006
Last flat railway level crossing in Britain. Newark. ...
Ewan Crawford //
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66219 passing Whisker Hill Junction, Retford with coal for Cottam Power Station in 2002. ...
Roger Geach 23/07/2002
66176 coming down the bank from Retford High to the Worksop line with the Middleton Towers to Barnby Dunn sand train in 2002. These wagons have been ...
Roger Geach 19/04/2002
Test train visit to Retford on 6th February 2023, passing Whisker Hill Junction with 37254 front and 37610 rear. The sun is low and the trees high ...
Roger Geach 06/02/2023
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The River Idle has flooded again at Retford. Some flood water can be seen alongside the East Coast main line south of the station. A diverted ...
Roger Geach 04/01/2024
More EMUs for storage at Worksop. 37884 on 5Q26, the 1101 Gillingham to Worksop move at Eaton Lane nr Retford on 15th September 2023. ...
Roger Geach 15/09/2023
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Track maintenance trains in Doncaster Railport. Doncaster still has a considerable number of sidings and yards. ...
Ewan Crawford 18/11/2006
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A view, believed to be in late 1959, of the Prototype Deltic stabled in the up side south end bay platform at Doncaster in very wet weather, during ...
David Pesterfield //1959
Line up of DMUs + HST at Doncaster in 1985. Closest to the camera was a Gloucester Class 100. I think this was the Eastern Regional manager's ...
Crinan Dunbar //1985
The Draughtsman Alehouse on Doncaster Station - a delightfully retro sign to a brand-new establishment! ...
John Yellowlees 04/06/2017
Doncaster station after dark on 3rd October 2015 with 90037 now at the head of return UK Railtours excursion from Carlisle to London Kings Cross, ...
David Bosher 30/10/2015
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