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Grantham station
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'Grantham Station in 2013'
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Page 1 of 2 in 2013
East Coast class 91126 at the rear of a up train to
Kings Cross at Grantham station 4th September 2013
East Coast DVT at the head of a up train at Grantham station on the 4th of September 2013
Grantham station is on the ECML from Kings Cross to the north and Scotland.
Peterborough is to the south and
Newark to the North. Kings Cross to Leeds trains are the most common trains to stop here on the main linein 2013. Nottingham to the west and Sleaford and Skegness to the east.
GNER who ran the main ECML trains in 2004, do not now operate these trains. National Express East Coast took over till it lost its franchise. East Coast then ran these trains, then Virgin, who gave up its franchise. Now its LNER, all with the same rolling stock up to 2019.
East Coast ran the ECML passenger trains from London to Leeds and Scotland in 2013. Some trains stopped at Grantham, but many went though without stopping.
East Coast was a subsidiary of Directly Operated Railways. This was created by the Department for Transport (goverment) as an railway operator of last resort. This came after National Express East Coast (NXEC) walked away from this ECML franchise.
Hull Trains Class 180 in Grantham station on the 4th of September in 2013
Hull trains stop there trains at Grantham, which were mostly class 180s.
East Midland Trains also use the station with Norwich to Liverpool trains. Nottingham to Grantham trains and the Nottingham to Skegness trains most of which call call at Grantham and then reverse back out of the station
East Midland Trains class 156497 in the bay platform at Grantham in 2013, this train from Nottingham to Skegness.
East Midland Trains class 153321 in the bay platform no.2 at Grantham in 2013.
(same Skegness train as above)
East Midland Trains class 158 733. Norwich to Nottingham and Norwich Liverpool trains use platform 4 in both directions.
Trains from
Skegness Sleaford to
Nottingham which call at Grantham now go under the ECML and A1 be for they use a new cord and turn back at
Allington Junction towards Grantham on the Nottingham line. These trains used Barkston Junction be for. This has helped timekeeping, as these trains do not have to wait for a path on the ECML as they now do not use it.
These trains come into the bay at the North of the station and then reverse out back to
Allington Junction to continue on there journey.
