The Gainsborough Central to Sheffield will start in December, running six days per week.
Gainsborough Central train station will see the return of a six days a week service for the first time in 25 years, thanks to a new operator agreement.
Not only will trains run from the station between Monday and Saturday, but they will also be hourly – the most regular service since the station opened in 1849.
The new service, starting in December, will call at all stations between Sheffield and Gainsborough Central.
Meanwhile the existing service between Lincoln and Sheffield will become faster as trains will run non stop between Worksop and Sheffield.
The Saturday only trains to Cleethorpes will continue to operate as well.
The new service is the result of negotiations between West Lindsey District Council, Bassetlaw District Council and Lincolnshire County Council with Arriva Rail North who operate Northern trains.
These negotiations also arose amid efforts of the North Notts and Lincolnshire Community Rail Partnership (NNLCRP), formed just a year ago. However, campaigns to secure a regular train service to Gainsborough Central had been ongoing at various times over the past 25 years.
Campaigner Barry Coward said: “Over the past campaigns have tried and failed to restore Gainsborough Central as the town’s principal station. I am delighted that this time, with the co-operation of all concerned, a regular service will return, but we have not forgotten the line to Cleethorpes. The CRP is working on that too.”
The NNLCRP said in a statemetn: “Of course like almost all public transport it will be a case of use it or lose it. Over the next months various activities will take place to entice passengers to use the new train service.
“Not only will the service help Gainsborough residents, including those coming to live in the town’s new homes, it will enable Gainsborough to market itself as a place to visit for shopping, tourism and leisure and of course it will help employers find staff to fill their vacancies.
“Retford and Worksop also benefit by having two trains each hour to Sheffield and Gainsborough (split between Central and Lea Road stations).
“Meanwhile Network Rail has prepared for the new service by renewing signals and points at Gainsborough Central and at Worksop station a major restoration is under way. Virgin Trains East Coast has improved the waiting areas at Retford by fitting doors, windows and air conditioning.”
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A local man was arrested on suspicion of drink driving and dangerous driving after two pedestrians were injured in a collision with a car and three parked vehicles in Skegness.
Lincolnshire Police officers attended the scene after the collision between a blue Citroen Berlingo, the parked vehicles, and a man and a woman, who are both in their 60s, on Winthorpe Avenue shortly before 7pm on Friday, April 16.
The two pedestrians suffered serious injuries and were taken to hospital. However, their injuries are not thought to be life threatening.
A 63-year-old local man, who was driving the Berlingo, was arrested on suspicion of drink driving and dangerous driving. He has since been released under investigation.
Police are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage and anyone with information should contact them on 101 or via email at [email protected] quoting incident number 389 of April 16.
Few people attended the second Kill the Bill protest in Lincoln on Saturday, as Extinction Rebellion activists stood alone on the High Street to campaign against a proposed policing bill that could make many protests illegal.
Activists from Extinction Rebellion Lincolnshire gathered at Speakers’ Corner to oppose plans for the latest Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, which could curtail protesting rights if passed through parliament.
Extinction Rebellion were the main representatives at the protest. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
Under the proposed bill, police officers will be given greater powers to put a stop to any protests, as well as determining start and finish times for them, and controlling noise levels.
A few stopped to talk with the protestors, but most just went about their day walking down Lincoln High Street in the first weekend that non-essential shops and beer gardens reopened.
The Lincolnite spoke to one of the rebels at the protest, to find out the reasons behind the march.
They said: “This draconian bill cannot go ahead, it needs to be taken apart and re-evaluted completely.
“People have been walking past us shaking their heads, but they don’t realise that it’s their freedom we are fighting for.”
The Lincolnite photographer Steve Smailes captured some pictures from the protest.
Signs were put up by the works at Speakers’ Corner on Lincoln High Street. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
A 19-year-old man is in hospital with serious injuries after a crash on the A52 on Friday evening.
The single-vehicle crash, involving a white Suzuki Splash, happened in the westbound lane of the A52 between Barrowby and Sedgebrook at around 7.20pm on Friday, April 16.
The driver of the car is now in hospital after suffering serious injuries, and police are appealing for witnesses to come forward.
Officers believe the driver had travelled from Grantham on the A52 at Barrowby before the crash.
Anyone who has dashcam footage or saw the vehicle before the incident is being asked to call 101, quoting incident 420 of April 16.
Alternatively, you can email [email protected], using the same reference in the subject box.
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