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Retford railway station is on the East Coast Main Line serving the town of Retford, Nottinghamshire, England. It is 138 miles 49 chains (223.1 km) down the line from London King's Cross and is situated between Newark North Gate and Doncaster on the main line.
Retford bus station is also the terminus of the 450 National Express coach service between Victoria Coach Station in London and Retford. The current bus station was built and opened on 30 July 2007, at a cost of £1.4 million, [ 128 ] and was given a highly commended accolade in the infrastructure category of the UK Bus Awards 2008. [ 129 ]
Sheffield–Lincoln line. 60 miles per hour (97 km/h) (Max.) The Sheffield–Lincoln line is a railway line in England. It runs from Sheffield to Lincoln via Worksop, Retford and Gainsborough Lea Road. The route comprises the main line of the former Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR), to Gainsborough Trent Junction, where it ...
Retford bus station serves the town of Retford, Nottinghamshire, England. It is managed by Nottinghamshire County Council . The bus station, of eight stands numbered alphabetically, [2] is situated on Beardsall's Row, between Arlington Way and Spa Road in the town centre. The main operators at the bus station are Stagecoach in Bassetlaw ...
Great Northern Railway express locomotive (type GNR Stirling 4-2-2 ). The Great Northern Railway (GNR) was a British railway company incorporated in 1846 with the object of building a line from London to York. It quickly saw that seizing control of territory was key to development, and it acquired, or took leases of, many local railways ...
Cottam power station is a decommissioned coal-fired power station. The site extends over 620 acres (250 ha) of mainly arable land and is situated at the eastern edge of Nottinghamshire on the west bank of the River Trent at Cottam near Retford. The larger coal-fired station was decommissioned by EDF Energy in 2019 in line with the UK's goal to ...
River Poulter, River Ryton. The River Idle is a river in Nottinghamshire, England whose source is the confluence of the River Maun and River Meden near Markham Moor. The Idle flows north from its source through Retford and Bawtry before entering the River Trent at West Stockwith. Its main tributaries are the River Poulter and the River Ryton.
The East Coast Main Line ( ECML) is a 393-mile long (632 km) electrified railway between its northern terminus at Edinburgh Waverley and southern terminus at London King's Cross station. The key towns and cities of Peterborough, Doncaster, York, Darlington, Durham and Newcastle are on the line. The line is a key transport artery on the eastern ...