Editing Grantham (section)

===Rail===
[[File:Grantham station - geograph.org.uk - 1663793.jpg|thumb|right|[[British Rail Class 91|Class 91]] Electric locomotive at the station in May 2004, looking south]]
[[File:Bridge 66.JPG|thumb|right|Bridge 66 on the Grantham Canal at Harlaxton]]
[[File:Spittlegate mill 2.JPG|thumb|right|Spittlegate Millhouse, Grantham]]
[[Grantham railway station]] is served by the London–Edinburgh [[East Coast Main Line]], between [[Peterborough railway station|Peterborough]] and [[Newark North Gate railway station|Newark Northgate]]). It is joined by the [[Nottingham-Grantham Line|Nottingham to Skegness Line]] ([[Poacher Line]]). Liverpool–Norwich trains also call at Grantham. Electric trains began running in October 1988. Transport links to Nottingham and Peterborough attract some commuters. The town's [[grammar school]]s also attract pupils from [[Radcliffe on Trent]], [[Bingham, Nottinghamshire|Bingham]], [[Newark-on-Trent|Newark]] and even [[Retford]] via the train.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} Grantham is the best-served station in Lincolnshire,{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} although after October 1970, most of [[East Lincolnshire Railway|Lincolnshire's branch lines]] were closed. Before October 1970 the connection from [[London King's Cross railway station|King's Cross]] to [[Lincoln railway station|Lincoln Central]] was through Grantham and followed the A607 via [[Leadenham railway station|Leadenham]]. After that date, London-Lincoln trains still passed through Grantham, but then continued up the main line to [[Newark North Gate railway station|Newark Northgate]], where the trains branched off to [[Lincoln St Marks railway station|Lincoln St Marks Railway Station]] via a new curve just north of Newark.

In 1906 a [[Grantham rail accident|rail accident]] killed 14 people.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}}

On 3 July 1938 ''[[LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard|Mallard]]'' broke the [[Land speed record for railed vehicles|world speed record]] for [[steam locomotive]]s, at {{convert|126|mph|km/h|0|abbr=on}}, on the slight downward grade of [[Stoke Bank]] south of Grantham on the [[East Coast Main Line]].