Trains at Grantham, ECML, 06/09/24

Grantham railway station is on the East Coast Main Line, serving the market town of Grantham, Lincolnshire, England. It is 105 miles 38 chains (169.7 km) down the line from London King's Cross and is situated on the main line between Peterborough to the south and Newark North Gate to the north.
Two secondary lines diverge from the main line north of Grantham: the "Poacher Line" to Skegness and a branch line to Nottingham.
Its three-letter station code is GRA.
The original station at Grantham (Old Wharf) was opened when the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston & Eastern Junction Railway opened its line from Nottingham on 15 July 1850.
This line was taken over by the Great Northern Railway in 1854. This was replaced by the present station which opened on 1 August 1852; the Old Wharf station closed the following day.
The new station was on the GNR's direct line between Peterborough and Retford (the Towns Line), which was completed in 1852. The alternative route via Boston and Lincoln (the Fens Loop Line) had already opened in 1850. The Boston, Sleaford and Midland Counties Railway opened their line from Barkston Junction, 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Grantham, to Sleaford in 1857, and on to Boston in 1859. This railway was taken over by the GNR in 1864.
The Grantham to Lincoln line, which branched off the Sleaford line at Honington, was opened in 1867. 
Finally, the Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway was opened in 1879.
This ran from Market Harborough and Leicester Belgrave Road in the south, through Melton Mowbray to Nottingham and Newark in the north, crossing the Grantham to Nottingham line near Bottesford.
The GNR operated a Grantham to Leicester service via this route.
In 1937, the LNER announced that they planned to lengthen the down platform. At 800 feet (240 m) long it was too short to accommodate the increasing length of the main line express trains, and the work would extend it to 950 feet (290 m).
At the same time the whole platform length was to be raised to a standard height of 3 feet (0.91 m) and a new awning over the platform opposite the station buildings would be added.
Junctions near the town also connect to branches to Nottingham, and to Sleaford and Skegness. The station was built close to the factory of Richard Hornsby & Sons.
It is composed of four platforms; platforms 1 and 2 are on the East Coast Main Line and are responsible for express services between London and Scotland.
Platform 1 serves exclusively London King's Cross via Peterborough and Stevenage; Platform 2 serves cities of northern England and Edinburgh. Platform 2, 3 and 4 are formed from a large island platform structure. Platform 3 is a bay platform at the northern end of the station that is used to allow local trains to reverse, while Platform 4 is a two-way platform that is used by East Midlands Railway. Only Platform 1 has amenities, including toilets, refreshments and a buffet.
Prior to the reopening of the Allington Chord in 2006, trains for Nottingham - Grantham - Skegness reversed in the station and travelled along the ECML, crossing the ECML via a flat junction, adding to congestion on the main line. Since the opening of the chord they reverse and travel whence they came using the chord, crossing under the ECML using existing tracks.
The journey to London King's Cross takes a little over an hour, with trains provided by London North Eastern Railway and Hull Trains
In May 2009 National Express East Coast installed ticket barriers. These have since been removed however.
Duration of the video: 10:50 - 14:24
We’ll be seeing services by LNER, Grand Central, Hull Trains, Lumo, East Midlands Railway and possibly some freight as well.
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I really enjoyed my time that was spent at Grantham with what I managed to see plus it was a station I never thought I would consider visiting before but however it was a great station to come to though there was bit of disruption whilst I was there but it was manageable.
My next station will be Ashford international which is situated on the Southeastern & HS1 network so until then thanks for watching and I’ll see you in the next video.

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Great

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Thanks! 😊