Talk:Robin Hood Line

message: Needs a map to explain the complicated history Peter Shearan 14:42, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. There is a map on page 158 of Leleux, R. A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain, Vol IX: The East Midlands (2nd Ed. 1984), which shows the historical lines between Sutton in Ashfield in the north and Annesley in the south, plus the two short connections built by BR in 1972 in order to divert the sole remaining route (Mansfield to Pye Bridge) away from the centre of Kirkby. It would be nice to see an update to this map to reflect the changes made to implement phase 2 of the current Robin Hood Line. 188.29.165.70 (talk) 16:22, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I've found another map that's even clearer as it has dates when the various lines opened. It's on page 206 of Anderson, P. Howard Forgotten Railways, Vol II: The East Midlands (2nd ed. 1985). Pages 164 and 167 also answer my question (below) about Kirkby South Junction. It was indeed the point where in 1897 the GNR connected its line from Shirebrook to what was at the time the MS&L's southward extension from Beighton to Annesley (built in 1892, and which was to become the GCR's main line) in order to share the latter's tunnel (called Annesley tunnel in the book) in order to complete it's Leen Valley extension without the expense of digging its own tunnel! In 1916 the Mansfield Railway created its own junction with what was by then the GCR's main line, immediately to the northwest of the GNR's junction. 188.29.165.70 (talk) 19:24, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Regarding the tunnels under Robin Hood's Hill, the MR came first to the Leen Valley and built a short tunnel. Next was the GNR with it's Leen Valley extension - a branch line northward from Colwick terminating at Annesley. Then the MS&L approached from the north, built the deeper, longer tunnel and formed a head on connection with the GNR rails at Annesley, providing it with a route to the south. Next, the GNR extended it's Leen Valley line northwards from a junction, named Kirkby South Junction, just north of the MS&L tunnel. Before the GNR reached Shirebrook the MS&L decided it needed its own main line to London and, changing its name to GCR, started building southwards from the junction at Annesley. Finally, the Mansfield Railway built a line connecting the LD&ECR at Ollerton to the GCR main line at Kirkby South Junction. Though it was never actually part of the GCR, the Mansfield Railway was intimately linked with it, and was finally absorbed into the LNER on Grouping. 83.104.249.240 (talk) 16:46, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Map

message: The 2009 proposal has not been forgotten. It was in the news as recently as December 2014. See references http://www.itv.com/news/central/update/2014-12-19/council-wants-money-to-extend-robin-hood-line/ and http://www.hucknalldispatch.co.uk/news/local/get-on-board-businesses-bosses-and-politicians-call-for-robin-hood-line-extension-1-6896629 188.29.165.70 (talk) 16:31, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed extension to Warsop, Edwinstowe and Ollerton 

message: Are the two b&w photographs really relevant? They are nice and, as a fan of bridges, I especially like the one showing Bulwell viaduct, but they are dated 1963, which pre-dates the subject of this article by some 30 years and therefore I feel they are somewhat gratuitous. Comments? 188.29.165.70 (talk) 17:08, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: In more than seven months nobody spoke against, so I removed the gratuitous photos. One or two replacements that show the Robin Hood Line in operation are welcome. 188.29.164.157 (talk) 12:27, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Relevance of photographs