South Humberside Main Line | |||
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Overview | |||
Status | Operational | ||
Owner | Network Rail | ||
Locale | Yorkshire and the Humber | ||
Termini | |||
Service | |||
Type | Heavy rail | ||
System | National Rail | ||
Operator(s) | TransPennine Express East Midlands Railway Northern Trains | ||
Technical | |||
Number of tracks | Mostly Double Track, with a Single Track section between Grimsby Town and Cleethorpes. | ||
Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge | ||
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The South Humberside Main Line runs from Doncaster on the East Coast Main Line to Thorne where it diverges from the Sheffield to Hull Line. It then runs eastwards to Scunthorpe and the Humber ports of Immingham and Grimsby, with the coastal resort of Cleethorpes as terminus.