Plan To Reopen Maid Marian Train Line Takes Step Forward
The title of this post is the same as that of this article on Nottinghamshire Live.
This is the introduction to the article.
A long-awaited plan to reopen the disused Maid Marian line for passenger trains has progressed.
It is hoped the train line could link with the proposed HS2 station at Toton, meaning travellers in Kirkby and Sutton could access the high-speed route.
I wrote about this route before in After The Robin Hood Line Will Nottingham See The Maid Marian Line?
This was one of my comments on the Maid Marian Line.
But the clincher is that it would provide connectivity for HS2 all the way from Worksop and Mansfield to Lincoln and Grimsby.
HS2 is needed, but we must make sure that the benefits of the line are spread to all parts of the country.
With High Speed Two under way, we should make sure that we provide maximum connectivity to the new high speed route.
In the case of the Maid Marian Line between the East Midland Hub station on High Speed Two and Grimsby, Lincoln, Mansfield and Worksop, I’m sure Hitachi or another manfacturer can design a 100 mph zero-carbon train to speed travellers through the Nottinghamshire countryside.
The Anonymous Widower 
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