A call has been made for more signs to be put up in Brigg to alert people to the fact that our railway station is still functioning, with trains available on Saturdays to places like Gainsborough, Sheffield, Cleethorpes and Grimsby.
Rail campaigner Paul Johnson says: "Our new little group (soon to be called Friends of the Brigg & Lincoln Line) has managed to arrange with Northern Rail a ticket offfer for the iconic Saturday-only Brigg Line services,
"At present this offer which is called the Duo Ticket offer is only valid from Kirton Lindsey to Cleethorpes on the iconic Saturday-only service provided by Northern Rail. We have been told this will be rolled out in the near future to include the section from Kirton Lindsey to Gainsborough Central/Retford. This will mean the whole of the Cleethorpes-Sheffield Midland via Brigg line will be covered
as the Sheffield Midland-Lincoln via Gainsborough Lea Road line is already on the Duo Ticket Offer.
"Despite the Northern Rail services only running on a Saturday thought Brigg (timetable dictated by the Department for Transport since 1993) Northern Rail are now quite aware that Brigg station must play a more important part in rail travel in the future.
"However, they are still shocked that there is very little signage for the station around the Brigg area and our group have requested North Lincolnshire Council that this is rectified a.s.a.p."
Link to the Northern Rail ticket offer
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