   the robin hood line is a railway line running from nottingham to worksop, nottinghamshire. the stations between shirebrook and whitwell (inclusive) are in derbyshire. the towns and villages served by the route are listed below: *nottingham *bulwell *hucknall *newstead *kirkby-in-ashfield *sutton-in-ashfield *mansfield *mansfield woodhouse *shirebrook *langwith, nether langwith and whaley thorns *creswell *whitwell *worksop passenger services are operated by east midlands trains. the line in its present form opened to passengers in stages between 1993 and 1998. following the beeching cuts of the 1960s, the line had been freight-only. the cuts had left mansfield as one of the largest towns in britain without a railway station. ==history==  the current robin hood line never previously existed as it does now: it was formed from two formerly separate railways. the bulk of the line re-uses the former midland railway route from nottingham london road to worksop. however, to keep the costs of the re-opening initiative as low as possible, as much still extant line as possible was to be re-used. from nottingham, the line remained intact as far as newstead, where it had served the now closed newstead colliery. from worksop, the line followed the old midland route as far as sutton-in-ashfield. between sutton-in-ashfield and kirkby-in-ashfield, the line had been diverted to join the former great northern railway (gnr) route through the area. this had allowed british rail to sell land right in the centre of kirkby-in-ashfield whilst keeping a route through the town. after
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