Doncaster–Lincoln line

Doncaster–Lincoln line
An East Midlands Trains Class 153 crossing Lea Road bridge, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Network Rail
Locale	Yorkshire and the Humber East Midlands
Termini	Doncaster Lincoln
Stations	4
Service
Type	Heavy rail
System	National Rail
Operator(s)	East Midlands Railway Northern
Rolling stock	Class 153 "Sprinter" Class 156 "Sprinter"
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map (Click to expand)

The Doncaster–Lincoln line is a railway line in England. It runs from the East Coast Main Line at Doncaster south east to Lincoln.

Services on the line are provided by East Midlands Railway and Northern,^[1] with a few continuing through Lincoln to the Peterborough–Lincoln line.

The towns and villages served by the route are listed below.

• Doncaster
• Gainsborough
• Saxilby
• Lincoln

The line is part of the former Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway.^[2]

Between Doncaster and Gainsborough the line passes between Finningley and Blaxton. There used to be a station at this point and as this is the site of the new Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield, there has been discussion about constructing a new station to serve the airport. Planning permission for a station was granted in 2008,^[3] but no construction work was ever started.