follows: TransPennine Express TransPennine Express operate an hourly service to via , and along their South TransPennine route via the South Humberside Main Line, the Hope Valley Line and the Styal Line. On Sundays, the service is two-hourly in the morning but improves to hourly in the afternoon. East Midlands Railway East Midlands Railway operate a two-hourly stopping service to via the Barton Line as well as a limited service to via and . On Sundays, there are three trains per day to Nottingham and four to Barton-on-Humber during the summer months with this service expected to run in the winter for the first time. Northern Trains Northern Trains operate a limited service of three trains per day to via which operate on Saturdays only. Proposed Changes In January 2021, the Department for Transport opened a consultation on proposals to improve services around Manchester and improve reliability with the options proposed by the Manchester Recovery Taskforce. Options B and C proposed the Manchester Airport to Cleethorpes service be diverted to via instead of running to the airport, providing a direct link to Liverpool and Warrington. If either of these options are chosen, the changes would come into force in May 2022. In October 2021, a preferred option, Option B+ was announced and it involved the new Liverpool to Cleethorpes service replacing the Manchester Airport service, if proposals are agreed they would come in to force from December 2022. References Notes Bibliography "Signal Box Diagrams No.14 – Cleethorpes" by Roger Milnes and John Bennett, Forward, the journal of the Great Central Railway Society, No. 83, August 1991. Body, G. (1986), PSL Field Guides - Railways of the Eastern Region, Volume 1, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Wellingborough, External links Photos of Cleethorpes Station & Approaches in the 1980s Railway stations in the Borough of North East Lincolnshire DfT Category D stations Former Great Central Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1863 Railway stations served by East Midlands Railway Northern franchise railway stations Railway stations served by TransPennine Express Cleethorpes Grade II listed buildings in Lincolnshire