Robin Hood Line

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

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 East Midlands Trains. 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.

Read more about Robin Hood Line:  History, Proposed Extension

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