On this day.
60085 crosses over the Brigg Station barrow crossing with return empty cement tanks for Hope via Barnetby on 21st April 1992.
The cement distribution depot adjacent to Kirton Lime signal box closed in 1992 this shot represents the end of an era.
© Phillip Hewson
Rail Enthusiasts, details below on how to tick off both Kirton in Lindsey and Brigg using the unique one round trip Monday to Friday Northern Railway service, and using Hornsby Travel
94 service.
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#briggline
Here at the IBLRG, we have an old school railway way of working, tell people there is a 72 mile long railway service, to increase footfall, especially coming to Brigg, demonstrating the need for a better service.
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31302 drops off a mineral wagon of coal for the local coal merchant at Brigg in October 1981.
This Worksop to Immingham Reception would continue to run as one of the very last types of a style of train operation which had been around since the very start of railways.
© Phillip Hewson.
Today is #WorldPublicTransportDay
At 72 miles long, the Brigg Line connects, South Yorkshire, North Nottinghamshire, North & North East Lincolnshire.
But it's served by an unacceptable 1 round trip Monday to Friday service
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1 MONTH TO GO.
Due to engineering works on another line, a one-off special 4 round trip Brigg line services will run on Saturday the 16th of May, providing a rail connection between Sheffield and northern Lincolnshire.
Visit Brigg by Train Guide ⏬
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In the latest issue of Today's Railways, which is available from all good retailers priced £6.75.
Details of the one-off extra Brigg Line passenger services are highlighted.
Promotion has taken place in Brigg and Kirton in Lindsey, with services expected to be busy.
BUSY, BUSY on the Brigg Line.
📅 Saturday May 16th.
One off 4 round trips, Sheffield Midland to Cleethorpes via Brigg passenger services
Plus, due to engineering work on another line, plenty of freight diversions.
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It's August 1984.
Due to the economics of the time, singling of the Brigg line just beyond the crossing will take place soon.
A Class 114 DMU passes Brigg signal box working a Cleethorpes to Sheffield Midland service.
© Phillip Hewson.
Biomass on the Brigg Line.
4B48 (66112) 0631 -Drax Power Station to Immingham Biomass LP (DBC )
Kindly filmed at Brigg railway station this morning by 🎥 Kev Genney
Excellent turnout of passengers at Brigg today. ✅
Using the unacceptable 1 round trip Monday to Friday service, today in the hands of unit 150270, 0954 Sheffield Midland to Cleethorpes and 1320 Cleethorpes to Sheffield Midland.
🎥 The latter working kindly filmed at Brigg by Kev Genney
Summer 1980, when Brigg still had some sort of useful passenger service, a 4 car working, fronted by a Cravens class 105, enters the station a while working a Cleethorpes to Sheffield Midland service.
The footbridge in the picture has been preserved.
© Paul Brown.
Poor sods on that Cravens unit.
On this day
Brigg Station, 5th April 1997 with 153357 on the Sheffield Midland to Cleethorpes service, work is on-going to replace the platform edging.
The station house had just been purchased by North Lincolnshire Council and is awaiting demolishment.
© Phillip Hewson
Biomass on the Brigg Line ✅
6B63 -1009 - Immingham Biomass LP (DBC) to Drax Power Station.
Kindly filmed passing through Brigg railway station this morning by 📽️ Kev Genney
37424 T&T 37607 ,1Q50 1344 Derby R.T.C.(Network Rail) to Doncaster West Yard , Brigg, 2nd April 2026
© Brian Hall Photography
Today's Northern Railway unit on the last diagram of the week was 150273, kindly filmed at Brigg today by 🎥 Kev Genney.
Working 2H01, 0954 Sheffield Midland to Cleethorpes.
Sadly we have no Easter weekend services 😔
Filming by 🎥 Kev Genney.
1Q50 -1344 -Derby R.T.C (Network Rail) to Doncaster West Yard, Passing though Brigg this evening.
This was no April Fools in 2013.
Due to the landslide at Hatfield an effort was made to run Trans Pennine Express services to Cleethorpes via the Brigg line on a Saturday.
Here we see a number of units on route learning exercises.
© Daffyd the Signalman.
Word is getting out about the extra services serving Brigg and Kirton in Lindsey on Saturday 16th May, with some services predicted to be like Indian railways
Here at the IBLRG, we have an old school railway way of working, tell people there is a 72 mile long railway service, to increase footfall, especially coming to Brigg, demonstrating the need for a better service.
Follow us on our social media pages ⏬ any donations welcome too.
In the latter days of British Rail,
some imaginative planning was exercised with regard to DMU usage.
One such working involved a Tyseley DMU working the last Brigg Line services of the weekday, it's seen here at Barnetby around 1992.
© Alan Morgan
Passengers ✅
Northern Railway 150211 doing the honours on the last unique Brigg Line service of the week.
2H01. 0954 Sheffield Midland to Cleethorpes via Brigg
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On a serious note, somebody tried to hack into our Instagram account this afternoon, and apparently it was coming from the Peru area.
They must have a limited rail services as well 🤔
We thought it was strange because you tweeted something about buying Krypto coins or something.
The Manchester Sheffield and Lincolnshire railway 1886 built, Kirton Lime Sidings Signal Box.
The line was singled in this location in early 1980s.
Freight traffic in the Lime Sidings finished in the early 1990s.
© Brigg Line Signaller.
BRIGG LINE RAILTOUR ALERT 🚨
Friday 29th May.
Passing times at Kirton in Lindsey and Brigg will be published in due course.
Currently the lovely market town in Brigg in North Lincolnshire, of which you can discover via this online visit Brigg by train guide.
tinyurl.com/briggtrainguide
Here at the IBLRG, we have an old school railway way of working, tell people there is a 72 mile long railway service, to increase footfall, especially coming to Brigg, demonstrating the need for a better service.
Follow us on our social media pages ⏬ any donations welcome too.
Freight operators thinking outside the box again on the Brigg Line ✅
OZ13 - 0811 - Barnetby to Belmont Down Yard, kindly filmed passing through Brigg towards Kirton in Lindsey this morning by 📽️ by Kev Genney
