Humber Coast and City Railway
- Humber Coast and City Railway
Humber Coast & City Railway is a proposed railway company by Renaissance Trains in the east of England. It has planned to run between Cleethorpes, Lincoln and Stratford in London.
Background
The success of Hull Trains and their services from London to Hull has led Renaissance Trains to develop a proposal to run trains from Lincolnshire to London, with stops at Grimsby, Lincoln, Peterborough and Cambridge. To avoid increasing congestion on the East Coast Main Line, Humber & City will use the Nottingham-Grimsby route as far as Lincoln Central, then the Peterborough to Lincoln Line to Peterborough, then to Cambridge via Ely before joining the West Anglia Main Line terminating at Stratford.
As of 2007, Humber & City is no more than a proposal. Renaissance Trains have had discussions with Network Rail in regards of the structure and form of the track access agreement. Humber & City have proposed using 100mph diesel multiple unit trains with both First Class and Standard Class accommodation.
This service has been recently been proven to take more than 3 hours from Lincoln to London whereas changing at Newark North Gate usually would take no more than 2 hours. In addition, both East Midlands Trains and National Express East Coast are due to run direct services between London and Lincoln in the next few years.
Route
Proposed route
Below is the route including the villages, towns and cities to be served.
*Cleethorpes
*Grimsby
*Barnetby
*Market Rasen
*Lincoln
*Sleaford
*Spalding
*Peterborough
*Cambridge
*Bishop's Stortford
*Stratford
External links
* [http://www.renaissancetrains.com/south-humber-trains.html Renaissance Trains (Humber & City) official website]
* [http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/upload/pdf/rawm_Renaissance-humb_181006.PDF Humber Coast and City Railway proposal to the Office of Rail Regulation]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lincolnshire/6167890.stm Rail firm considers new service]
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