The Great Northern Railway (GNR) was a British railway company incorporated in 1846 with the object of building a line from London to York. It quickly saw that seizing control of territory was key to development,and it acquired,or took leases of,many local railways,whether actually built or not. In so doing,it overextended itself financially.
The Manchester,Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR) was formed in 1847 when the Sheffield,Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway joined with authorised but unbuilt railway companies,forming a proposed network from Manchester to Grimsby. It pursued a policy of expanding its area of influence,especially in reaching west to Liverpool,which it ultimately did through the medium of the Cheshire Lines Committee network in joint partnership with the Great Northern Railway and the Midland Railway.
Doncaster railway station is on the East Coast Main Line in England,serving the city of Doncaster,South Yorkshire. It is 155 miles 77 chains (251 km) down the line from London King's Cross and is situated between Retford and York on the main line. It is managed by London North Eastern Railway.
Peterborough railway station serves the city of Peterborough,Cambridgeshire,England. It is 76 miles 29 chains (122.9 km) down the East Coast Main Line from London King's Cross. The station is a major interchange serving both the north–south ECML,as well as long-distance and local east–west services. The station is managed by London North Eastern Railway. Ticket gates came into use at the station in 2012.
Grantham railway station is on the East Coast Main Line in the United Kingdom,serving the town of Grantham,Lincolnshire. It is 105 miles 38 chains (169.7 km) down the line from London King's Cross and is situated on the main line between Peterborough to the south and Newark North Gate to the north.
Worksop railway station is a Grade II listed railway station which serves the town of Worksop in Nottinghamshire,England.
Darnall railway station is on the Sheffield to Lincoln Line and was built in 1849 to serve Darnall,a community about 3 miles (5 km) from the centre of Sheffield,South Yorkshire,England,and which later became a suburb of the city.
Woodhouse railway station serves Woodhouse and Woodhouse Mill in Sheffield,South Yorkshire,England. The station is 5.25 miles (8 km) east of Sheffield station on the Sheffield to Lincoln Line.
Kiveton Park railway station serves Kiveton Park in South Yorkshire,England. The original station was opened by the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway in 1849,situated to the east of the level crossing and opened with the line. It was rebuilt in the Manchester,Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway "Double Pavilion" style in 1884,on the west side of the level crossing.
Kiveton Bridge railway station serves the village of Kiveton Park in South Yorkshire,England. It also served the now closed Kiveton Park Colliery which was adjacent.
Shireoaks railway station serves the village of Shireoaks in Nottinghamshire,England. It was opened by the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway in 1849. The station is 13+3⁄4 miles east of Sheffield on the Sheffield-Gainsborough Central service.
Gainsborough Lea Road is one of two railway stations that serve the town of Gainsborough in Lincolnshire,England,the other being Gainsborough Central,which is located in the town centre. The station is managed by East Midlands Railway and is located 14+1⁄4 miles (23 km) northwest of Lincoln Central on the A156 Lea Road in the south of the town. It opened in 1867 on a single line of the Great Northern Railway,who ran four trains a day from Gainsborough to Lincoln.
The Sheffield–Lincoln line is a railway line in England. It runs from Sheffield to Lincoln via Worksop,Retford and Gainsborough Lea Road. The route comprises the main line of the former Manchester,Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR),to Gainsborough Trent Junction,where it then follows the former Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway (GNGEJR) to Lincoln Central. The former MS&LR main line continues from Trent Junction to Wrawby Junction,Barnetby,much of it now single line,where it then runs to Cleethorpes.
Lincoln railway station serves 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.
Barnetby railway station serves the village of Barnetby-le-Wold in North Lincolnshire,England. It is operated by TransPennine Express,with East Midlands Railway and Northern Trains also serving the station.
Grimsby Town railway station serves the town of Grimsby in North East Lincolnshire,England. It is operated by TransPennine Express,and is also served by East Midlands Railway and Northern Trains services.
Gainsborough Central railway station is one of two railway stations in the town of Gainsborough,Lincolnshire,England. The station is on the Brigg branch of the Sheffield–Lincoln line. Services are currently operated by Northern Trains.
The Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway,colloquially referred to as "the Joint Line" was a railway line connecting Doncaster and Lincoln with March and Huntingdon in the eastern counties of England. It was owned jointly by the Great Northern Railway (GNR) and the Great Eastern Railway (GER). It was formed by transferring certain route sections from the parent companies,and by the construction of a new route between Spalding and Lincoln,and a number of short spurs and connections. It was controlled by a Joint Committee,and the owning companies operated their own trains with their own rolling stock. The Joint Line amounted to nearly 123 miles (198 km) of route.
The Lincolnshire lines of the Great Northern Railway are the railways,past and present,in the English county built or operated by the Great Northern Railway.
Checker House railway station was a station between Retford and Worksop,Nottinghamshire,England which served the village of Ranby from 1852 to 1931. The platforms were immediately to the east of the A1 road,and there was a goods station to the west of the road,which remained open until 1963. The line remains open for services on the Sheffield–Lincoln line but nothing remains of the passenger station or platforms,although part of a loading gauge was still visible in 2021.
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