Robin Hood Line

Robin Hood Line
East Midlands Railway Service to Worksop at Nottingham
Overview
StatusOperational
OwnerNetwork Rail
LocaleNottinghamshire
Derbyshire
East Midlands
Termini
  • Worksop
  • Nottingham
Stations13
Service
TypeHeavy rail
SystemNational Rail
Operator(s)East Midlands Railway
Rolling stockClass 158 Express Sprinter
Class 170 Turbostar
History
Opened1848[1]
Closed1960s
Reopened1993–1998
Technical
Number of tracksMostly Double Track, with a Single track section between Bulwell and Kirkby-in-Ashfield.
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Route map

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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.

  1. ^ "Robin Hood line history". BBC Nottingham. Archived from the original on 2 December 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2011.