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These trains use the line between Loversall Carr Jn and Doncaster Flyover East Jn, to the south of Doncaster. Leeds: Monday – Friday 08:03 London North Eastern Railway: Harrogate: 15:53 Newcastle: 22:00 Sunderland: 20:00 Only services to use the single-line curve at the southern end of King Edward VII Bridge. Northern service started in late ...
A railtour is a special train which is run in order to allow people to experience rail travel which is not normally available using timetabled passenger services. The 'unusual' aspect may be the route of the train, the destination, the occasion, specific sections of railway track (for example, freight-only lines), the locomotive hauling the train, the rolling stock (passenger carriages), or ...
The suburban line continued to be maintained to passenger standards as it was used for through services on diversion. Princes Street, the former Caledonian Railway Edinburgh terminus, was closed on Sundays from 20 May 1962 and the trains on that line reached Waverley by way of the Slateford spur and the suburban line.
London Midland's services were divided between four groups of routes: London Euston Routes, Birmingham Regional, West Midlands Local and Branch Lines. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] London Euston Routes included train services between London Euston and Birmingham New Street or Crewe, as well as services which only use a small section of the route (e.g ...
Mexborough once had a third platform which, in effect, made the Sheffield-bound platform an "island". This was used occasionally for regular passenger services travelling via the Great Central line to Sheffield but more often by excursion trains to East Coast resorts such as Scarborough, Bridlington and Cleethorpes. This platform face ceased to ...
As originally built, this line continued west from Byers Green towards Billy Row via the West Durham Railway and intermittent passenger services operated over the line to Tod Hills during the mid 19th Century. A more permanent passenger service was later introduced when the NER diverted the line's western terminus to Bishop Auckland in 1885.
The signal box was unusual in that it overhung the platform (due to the restricted width of the site) but it outlived the station, not closing until 1979. [5] Passenger traffic on the Castle Eden Branch was always light, the line having been built primarily to allow freight to bypass the congested lines through Stockton and Hartlepool.
The group were successful, and passenger services were reinstated between Walsall and Hednesford on 10 April 1989. [50] [16] The line north of Hednesford had been reclassified operationally as a goods line, and re-equipping it for passenger operation was stated to be excessively costly. However in November 1993 it was announced that the line ...