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March to Doncaster

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When did the passenger service from March to Doncaster cease? ( via Spalding,Boston and Lincoln)
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Re: March to Doncaster

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Stopping services from March to Doncaster ceased on 13 September 1959, at the end of the 1959 summer timetable. A train from Lincoln to Doncaster continued, departing at about 0900.

After then, there were three cross-country trains that used the Joint Line - the North Country Continental (from Gainsborough), York - Yarmouth and Newcastle - Colchester, plus additional servicies on summer Saturdays.

Joint Line trains didn't go via Boston.
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Re: March to Doncaster

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November 1982 was when the line from March to Spalding was closed.

The through services were diverted to run via Peterborough.
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Re: March to Doncaster

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Yes, and what a piece of strategic foresight that proved to be (along with the removal of the Lincoln avoiding line).
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Re: March to Doncaster

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G'day Gents

Yes, there was a 'Few' unbelievable Stupid decisions, the March-Spalding line needs to be reinstating.

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Re: March to Doncaster

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They will never reinstate the line; not after spending so many millions on the Peterborough dive-under.
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Re: March to Doncaster

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Pyewipe Junction said:

"Stopping services from March to Doncaster ceased on 13 September 1959, at the end of the 1959 summer timetable. A train from Lincoln to Doncaster continued, departing at about 0900".

I have to raise the question - "what exactly happened to the service on 13/09/1959?" :?

But - the following stations closed on 11/09/1961:
French Drove & Gedney Hill
Postland
Cowbit
Pinchbeck
Gosberton
Donington Road
Ruskington
Digby
Metheringham
Stow Park
Misterton
Finningley

So what trains stopped there after 13/09/1959 then?
Bradshaw 01/02/1960-06/03/1960, Table E44 tells us:
(This is a crude summary of a complicated table. Only stopping services are noted.)
DOWN
6.40am Lincoln-Doncaster not calling at Finningley.
6.27am March-Doncaster not calling at French Drove & Gedney Hill, Postland or Cowbit
12.15pm SO Lincoln-Doncaster all stations.
11.40am SO March-Lincoln all stations.
(A York-Sheffield through called at Stow Park at 5.54pm.)
3.40pm March-Lincoln all stations.
6.30pm Lincoln-Doncaster not calling at Finningley.
9.35pm SO Lincoln-Doncaster called only at Gainsborogh and Misterton.
On Sundays the 2.33pm Spalding to Doncaster ran via Boston and called at Stow Park and Misterton.
UP
6.0am (5.55 Fridays) Doncaster-March all stations.
7.58am Retford-Lincoln called at Stow Park at8.20am.
9.11am Doncaster-Spalding via Boston called at all stations Doncaster-Lincoln.
12.54pm SO Doncaster-March all stations.
4.35pm Doncaster-March all stations except Pinchbeck, Cowbit, Postland and French Drove & Gedney Hill.
The 7.40pm SO Doncaster-Lincoln called at Misterton at 8.2pm, as well as Gainsborough.
On Sundays the 3.55pm Doncaster-Lincoln called at Misterton and Stow Park.
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Re: March to Doncaster

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:oops:

(A York-Sheffield through called at Stow Park at 5.54pm.) How on earth did York get into it? "No excuse, sir!" :|

It was actually the 5.38 Lincoln-Sheffield.

Hope that "flies" better.
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Re: March to Doncaster

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So there was good chance i did do that run pre 75
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Re: March to Doncaster

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It is unlikely that you would have managed Spalding-Boston-Lincoln without changing at Boston, unless your train was diverted for some temporary reason; and even then that route would not have been possible after mid-1963 when the direct Boston-Lincoln line closed completely, and through trains between those two places were re-routed via Sleaford.
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