Robin Hood Line

Robin Hood Line
East Midlands Railway Service to Worksop at Nottingham
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Network Rail
Locale	Nottinghamshire Derbyshire East Midlands
Termini	Worksop Nottingham
Stations	13
Service
Type	Heavy rail
System	National Rail
Operator(s)	East Midlands Railway
Rolling stock	Class 158 Express Sprinter Class 170 Turbostar
History
Opened	1848[1]
Closed	1960s
Reopened	1993–1998
Technical
Number of tracks	Mostly Double Track, with a Single track section between Bulwell and Kirkby-in-Ashfield.
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map (Click to expand)

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Legend
Sheffield–Lincoln line Worksop Whitwell Clowne branch Creswell Langwith-Whaley Thorns Langwith Beighton branch Shirebrook North Shirebrook LD&ECR Doe Lea branch Mansfield Woodhouse Mansfield Rolleston Junction to Mansfield line Mansfield Railway Sutton Junction Sutton-in-Ashfield Sutton Parkway Leen Valley line Kirkby-in-Ashfield Great Central Main Line Kirkby-in-Ashfield East to Pye Bridge Kirkby Tunnel above Annesley Tunnel Annesley Newstead Linby Hucknall Leen Valley line Great Central Main Line Bulwell to Watnall Derbyshire and Staffordshire extension Basford Vernon Nottingham Express Transit to Erewash Valley line Radford Lenton Nottingham Nottingham–Lincoln line Midland Main Line NET Phase Two

The Robin Hood Line is a railway line running from Nottingham to Worksop, Nottinghamshire, in England. The stations between Shirebrook and Whitwell (inclusive) are in the county of Derbyshire.

Passenger services are operated by East Midlands Railway. The line in its present form opened to passengers in stages between 1993 and 1998. Following the Beeching cuts of the 1960s, the line had been freight-only. The cuts had left Mansfield as one of the largest towns in Britain without a railway station.