From Saturday, September 10 the day return fares on the Brigg Line will be reduced by Arriva Northern.
Most fares from that date are coming down by between £2 and £3, we are told by the Friends of the Line.
Below are some examples of travelling to/from Brigg and Kirton In Lindsey from that date.
Brigg day return ticket to:
- Worksop (adult) £9.40 (concessions) 4.70
- Retford (a) £9.20 (c) £4.60
- Gainsborough Central (a) £9.10 (c) £4.55
- Kirton Lindsey (a) £5.10 (c) £2.55
- Barnetby (a) £3.30 (c) £1.65
- Grimsby Town (a) £9.30 (c) £4.65
- Cleethorpes (a) £9.60 (c) £4.80.
NF ADDS: Reduced fares TO Brigg means people from as far away at Worksop, in Nottinghamshire, will find it even more attractive, in cash terms, to take the train to our town, have a look round and use our businesses. It's great that Arriva Northern is reducing fares in this way. Passenger numbers on the Brigg Line have being showing a very welcome rise and we are sure this is linked to the extensive publicity campaign undertaken by rail campaigning groups GRaB and The Friends of the Brigg Line. The long-term hope is that passenger trains might be re-introduced on other days of the week. Brigg was once on the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway mainline and our station was one of importance, with a wide range of station buildings and even a roof spanning the platforms, which were long enough to take a 12-coach train!
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2 comments:
Good news, are there any photos of Brigg station in its heyday?
All very good but...........In the absence of a credible service early enough towards Sheffield, say around 08.00 from Cleethorpes/08.45ish from Brigg and 18.00 returning from Sheffield in the evening there is not much hope of building up any substantial morning East to West traffic. The same is not so in the opposite direction with a more convenient timetable for West to East morning traffic and corresponding return facilities in the mid-afternoon or evening. Unfortunately much of this latter flow is subject to extreme seasonal variations whereas a similar service in the opposite direction would, I think, be much more consistent with regard to year round passenger numbers.
Whether this could be achieved given the way the operators are configured in the area is questionable with train crews and rolling stock being badly located to give the route much of a chance.
It saddens me to think that the public face of political campaigning hereabouts seems to give the impression that a through Cleethorpes to London train service will fix everything whereas the reality of it all is that so much more needs to be done to improve local services like those through Brigg and Market Rasen. London would be no more than the cherry on top but with a crumbling cake beneath there is not much to support it.
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