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Grantham

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Grantham

Station code: GRA National Rail
Where: English East Midlands, England
Opened on the Peterborough to Doncaster Line (Great Northern Railway).

Nearby stations Grantham (Old Wharf) Great Ponton Barkston Sedgebrook Barkston South Junction Barkston East Junction Barkston North Junction Honington Hougham Bottesford Ancaster Bottesford (South) Redmile Corby Glen Caythorpe	Barrowby Road Junction Paper Mill Gonerby Tunnel Peascliffe Tunnel Allington East Junction Allington North Junction Allington West Junction Opencast Highdyke Junction Woolsthorpe Siding Ironstone Quarry Stoke Tunnel Ironstone Quarry Woolsthorpe Quarries Denton Siding
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

Chronology Dates

/ /1853	Great Northern Railway Peterborough to Grantham to Retford line opened. Stations at: Rossington, Bawtry, Ranskill, Barnby Moor and Sutton, Retford, Tuxford North, Crow Park, Carlton-on-Trent, Newark, Claypole, Hougham, Barkston, Grantham, Great Ponton, Corby Glen, Little Bytham, Essendine, Tallington.

News items

03/07/2013	How to drive the world record-breaking steam train Mallard [Mail]
30/06/2013	Mallard anniversary: Steam locomotive Bittern marks record run [BBC News]
14/06/2013	Mallard steam locomotive to return to Grantham [BBC]