Events on the Railway at Grantham

Grantham station has been a centre of human and railway activity for well over a century.  Almost every day hundreds of trains and thousands of people have passed through.  Here we record some of the events which made the headlines, or which people remember.

• The Royal Train at Grantham in 1855

• A City Break excursion to London - in 1856

• The GNR Centenary Celebrations, 1952

• No. 4472 ‘Flying Scotsman’ at Grantham on 9th June 1968

• Grantham 'Station of the Year' in 1998

• I was NOT 'The Stig'! - the BBC TV Top Gear 'Race to the North' on 24th April 2009

• A recollection of the 'Mallard weekend' in September 2013

• STREAK!  - Bittern’s third high speed E.C.M.L. run on 7th December 2013

• 'Great British Railway Journeys' calls at Grantham in 2015

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