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The Independent Brigg Line Rail Group @iblrg.bsky.social · 19h

Coal trains & Regional Railways Sheffield Midland to Cleethorpes via Brigg 6 days a week service, sadly on a sporadic timetable.

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BR in the 1990s Gainsborough Central Station on 3rd November 1992

YouTube video by spompeytransportvideo

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The Independent Brigg Line Rail Group @iblrg.bsky.social · 2d

Summertime passenger provision, old style! 46025 leaves Brigg with a return Cleethorpes/Gloucester excursion on 20th. July 1980.

© Philip Hewson

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The Independent Brigg Line Rail Group @iblrg.bsky.social · 3d

Something different today
Ex ScotRail unit 158869, on the unique 0954 Sheffield Midland to Cleethorpes via Brigg Line, kindly filmed at Brigg by Kev Genney this morning,

Nice friendly guard too 😊

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The Independent Brigg Line Rail Group @iblrg.bsky.social · 5d

Today, one of our lovely Nottinghamshire volunteers Tom, has been out in Worksop, posting leaflets adverting coming on the unique Northern Railway Brigg Line passenger service, and visiting the market town of Brigg.

tinyurl.com/briggtrainguide

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The Independent Brigg Line Rail Group @iblrg.bsky.social · 5d

The unique 0954 Northern Railway Sheffield Midland to Cleethorpes via Brigg service passing Kirton Lime Sidings signal box this morning.

© Agent Cleethorpes

150205 passing Kirton Lime Sidings, 7th October 2025.

YouTube video by psbboy2

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The Independent Brigg Line Rail Group @iblrg.bsky.social · 5d

Today Ione of our members took advantage of the Northern £2 sale and took a trip to the lovely market town of Brigg in North Lincolnshire on the unique 1 round trip Monday to Friday service.

Helpful online guide
tinyurl.com/briggtrainguide

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Andrew Washington @faberoony90.bsky.social · 6d

Week 40:
Departures from Brigg:
#BriggLine
@iblrg.bsky.social

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The Independent Brigg Line Rail Group @iblrg.bsky.social · 6d

In Regional railways colours, 158760 passes Brigg signal box and level crossing on the morning of 19th April 1997, with a Sheffield Midland to Cleethorpes service.

The signal box survives today, but the level crossing barriers have recently been replaced.

© Phillip Hewson

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The Independent Brigg Line Rail Group @iblrg.bsky.social · 7d

Retford low-level station, December 1965, soon after opening.

On the left the 12.54 S.O. Sheffield Victoria to Cleethorpes, and on the right the 12.04 Cleethorpes to Sheffield Victoria.

Both routed via the Brigg Line.

©CR

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The Independent Brigg Line Rail Group @iblrg.bsky.social · 8d

Brush Type 2 No. D5824 prepares to leave Sheffield Victoria with the 0928 Sheffield Victoria - Cleethorpes via Brigg line train on 16th August 1969
© V. Bamford)

Sheffield Victoria closed on the 5th January 1970 and is now a car park for the Royal Victoria Station Hotel.

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The Independent Brigg Line Rail Group @iblrg.bsky.social · 9d

The Network Rail grinder awaits patiently at Brigg for the last passenger service of the week, the 1320 Cleethorpes to Sheffield Midland Northern Railway working to come of the single line.

Video by Kev Genney.

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The Independent Brigg Line Rail Group @iblrg.bsky.social · 11d

🎺 We are pleased to announce that Brigg & Kirton in Lindsay have been added to the rest of the Brigg Line stations in the Northern Railway £2 Flash Sale for dates in October.

www.northernrailway.co.uk/offers/sale

Visit Brigg by train guide ⬇️
tinyurl.com/briggtrainguide

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The Independent Brigg Line Rail Group @iblrg.bsky.social · 12d

Happy #LincolnshireDay

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Andrew Washington @faberoony90.bsky.social · 12d

Week 39:
Departures from Brigg:
#BriggLine
@iblrg.bsky.social

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The Independent Brigg Line Rail Group @iblrg.bsky.social · 13d

150006 arriving at Sunny Cleethorpes working the Northern Railway premier line daily service of 2H01, 0954 Sheffield Midland- Cleethorpes via Brigg, with guest appearance from Alf the duck 🦆 30/09/25.

© Agent Cleethorpes

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The Independent Brigg Line Rail Group @iblrg.bsky.social · 13d

A train to Bark-ing 🐕 ?
No Cleethorpes via Brigg, on the unique 1 round trip Northern Railway Monday to Friday service ✅

Where you can now take your 4 legged friend on the beach until Good Friday 2026

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The Independent Brigg Line Rail Group @iblrg.bsky.social · 16d

The Brigg Line was doing its bit for Britains export drive with a daily succesion of coal trains carting coal off to the world via Immingham.
47174 is returning to Worksop passing Brigg signal box on 27th. May 1980 with an empty MGR set.

© Philip Hewson.

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The Independent Brigg Line Rail Group @iblrg.bsky.social · 16d

We've been keeping an eye on this excellent unit.

Something like this would be absolutely brilliant on a Cleethorpes to Worksop shuttle service, using just 1 unit would give the Brigg line communities 5 round trips.

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The Independent Brigg Line Rail Group @iblrg.bsky.social · 18d

We're only open between 0954 and 1512 Monday to Friday 😉

Love to Pilning Station ♥️

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The Independent Brigg Line Rail Group @iblrg.bsky.social · 18d

Northern Powerhouse Rail has been going on for years, started by George Osborne we think ?
For those that have railway lines out of the metropolitan elite this has brought absolutely no improvement whatsoever.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Northern Powerhouse Rail plans delayed again

The BBC understands the prime minister will now not announce plans for a rail link between Manchester and Liverpool at the Labour Party conference.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Andrew Washington @faberoony90.bsky.social · 20d

Week 38:
Departures from Brigg:
#BriggLine
@iblrg.bsky.social

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The Independent Brigg Line Rail Group @iblrg.bsky.social · 24d

37667 T&T 37116 ,1Q50 1344 Derby R.T.C.(Network Rail) to Doncaster C.H.S. passing though Kirton in Lindsey 18th September 2025.

© Brian Hall Photography

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The Independent Brigg Line Rail Group @iblrg.bsky.social · 25d

Northern Trains Class 150 Review - The Brigg Line

YouTube video by Pulsarnix

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The Independent Brigg Line Rail Group @iblrg.bsky.social · 26d

In the latest issue of RAIL Magazine, which is now available priced £4.99.

Philip Haigh has done an excellent two page article about the present 1 round trip Northern Railway Brigg Line service, and the opportunities that are available for improvement, including Trans Pennine Express.

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The Independent Brigg Line Rail Group @iblrg.bsky.social · 26d

150277 calls at Brigg with the Northern Railway 2H01 0954 Sheffield Midland to Cleethorpes service this morning, and then is photographed passing Brigg signal box and level crossing.

© DT Photo

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