RAIL BUS SWITCH FOR BRIGG TRAVELLERS TODAY

All six passenger trains that are due to call at Brigg railway station have been cancelled today (Saturday, July 24).
However, a substitute bus service has been arranged which means that local people intending to use the trains will still be able to get to and from Grimsby, Cleethorpes, Barnetby and other destinations.
Kirton Lindsey railway station will be similarly affected, with road transport replacing rail.
The Independent Brigg Line Rail Group has kindly supplied us with the times of the replacement bus service, saying this is necessary because of "a crew shortage" affecting Northern's Sheffield-Cleethorpes Saturday-only route.
A bus will leave Brigg railway station for Barnetby, Habrough, Grimsby and Cleethorpes at 10.29am, 2.13pm and 6.13pm.
It will leave our station for Kirton Lindsey, Gainsborough Retford and Sheffield at 12.29pm, 3.26pm and 8.32pm.
The picking up and dropping off point in Brigg will be close to platform one and the metal auction shed.
This will be the second successive Saturday that timetabled Brigg line trains have been replaced by a substitute bus service. The reason last week was infrastructure work towards the eastern end of the route.

PICTURED: The replacement bus at Brigg station on July 19, a train in platform one, and journey's end at Cleethorpes which is one of the most popular destinations for Brigg train travellers.