addition to the London North Eastern Railway service, East Midlands Railway operate one train per day Monday-Saturday from Lincoln to London St Pancras, with a return journey in the evening. The new Northern franchise started in April 2016 had service improvements on the Lincoln line – the service frequency to Sheffield & Retford was increased to twice hourly during the week, and to hourly on Sundays in 2019, whilst the Lincoln to Sheffield service was incorporated into Arriva Rail North's Northern Connect regional network and extended to via Barnsley. In 2006, open-access operator Renaissance Trains proposed the introduction of a service operating between and , which would call at Lincoln, under the name Humber Coast & City Railway to begin in 2008. The service never began operation, and all trace was removed from the Renaissance website in 2009, implying that the service was no longer being pursued. Nottinghamshire County Council, the Department for Transport and Network Rail are in discussion about various improvements to the line towards Nottingham including a doubling of service. In April 2019, the new East Midlands Railway franchise was awarded, which included several key improvements for services in Lincoln. These included an increase of to Lincoln services to 2 trains per day, as well as the introduction of hourly services between and via Lincoln from December 2021 instead of the current hourly Peterborough to Lincoln service and 5 trains per day between Doncaster and Lincoln. Other improvements as part of the new franchise include hourly services will be introduced between and via Lincoln with limited extensions to , which would be achieved by extending the existing to Lincoln service to Grimsby Town. The existing to Grimsby service would instead terminate at Lincoln. On 9 May 2019, following the end of the standstill period, Abellio confirmed they planned to extend the Leicester service to Grimsby Town. Accidents and incidents On 3 June 1962, an express passenger train was derailed due to excessive speed on a curve. Three people were killed and 49 were injured. References Further reading External links Buildings and structures in Lincoln, England Railway stations in Lincolnshire Former Great Northern Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1848 Railway stations served by East Midlands Railway Northern franchise railway stations Railway stations served by London North Eastern Railway John Henry Taylor railway stations Grade II listed buildings in Lincolnshire DfT Category C1 stations