PUBLIC TRANSPORT ANNIVERSARY DRAWS NEAR IN BRIGG

This weekend it will be nine months since a passenger train last called at Brigg railway station (in January) to pick up passengers, prior to the timetable being suspended by the train operator due to Covid-related staffing issues.
Saturday will also see the 29th anniversary of Brigg's passenger train service being reduced to Saturdays only, back in early October 1993.
It is anticipated the current suspension of trains - three towards Cleethorpes and three heading for Sheffield - will be reviewed in December 2022.
Brigg station, with a full range of buildings, a booking office and a resident stationmaster, was on the original Victorian era Manchester-Sheffield-Grimsby mainline and enjoyed a seven-day passenger train service well into the second half of the 20th century.
However, cutbacks since the late 1960s have seen it reduced to the status of an unstaffed halt - currently without passenger trains.

PICTURED: January 1, 2022 saw the last passenger trains call in Brigg prior to the service being suspended. This one in the afternoon was bound for Cleethorpes via Barnetby.