Last word on railway matters for now...If the train operator decided not to continue with the passenger service through Brigg (not that there's any suggestion they will at present), where would that leave Network Rail's station? It wouldn't have been closed by them but would be closed (as far as the public were concerned) due to receiving no passenger trains.
Things are much more confusing since the days of dear old British Rail, which not only owned and looked after all the stations, signal boxes and other lineside structures, but also operated the passenger and freight trains. Now we have many separate firms doing the latter, with Network Rail overseeing the infrastructure.
Currently the Brigg line only has passenger trains on Saturdays - three in each direction - meaning you can get to Sheffield or Grimsby.
British Rail did once try to withdraw passenger services on the Brigg line but had a change of heart.
We've said it before and we'll have to say it again: Brigg (and Kirton Lindsey) have the worst passenger service (in terms of frequency) of any stations in the UK. Better than no service at all, and some might say we are lucky to have that. But not exactly a welcome statistic.
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