User:Hammersfan/Railway Adjustment and Intervention Bureau/Robin Hood Line
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The Robin Hood Line is a railway line running from Nottingham to Worksop, Nottinghamshire. The stations between Shirebrook and Whitwell (inclusive) are in Derbyshire.
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Overview | |
Owner | Network Rail |
Locale | Nottinghamshire Derbyshire East Midlands |
Stations | 10 |
Service | |
Type | Tram-train |
Operator(s) | Nottingham Express Transit |
Rolling stock | Class 138 |
History | |
Opened | 1993 (re-open) 2007 (conversion) |
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Track gauge | Standard Gauge |
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The towns and villages served by the route are listed below:
- Nottingham
- Bulwell
- Hucknall
- Newstead
- Kirkby-in-Ashfield
- Sutton-in-Ashfield
- Mansfield
- Mansfield Woodhouse
- Shirebrook
- Langwith, Nether Langwith and Whaley Thorns
- Creswell
- Whitwell
- Worksop
Passenger services are operated by Nottingham Express Transit. The line re-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.