Alternative routes and ticket acceptance during disruption on East Midlands Railways For map, see page 2. East Midlands Railway routes Alternative route Operator St Pancras - Leicester - Nottingham / Derby - Sheffield - Leeds Kings Cross - Peterborough - Grantham - Newark - Retford - Doncaster London North Eastern Railway / Hull Trains Norwich - Peterborough - Grantham - Nottingham Peterborough - Grantham London North Eastern Railway / Hull Trains Skegness - Grantham - Nottingham Peterborough - Grantham; Newark - Grantham London North Eastern Railway / Hull Trains Grimsby - Newark Retford - Newark; Doncaster - Newark London North Eastern Railway Nottingham - Worksop Newark - Retford London North Eastern Railway Peterborough - Lincoln - Doncaster Peterborough - Newark - Retford - Doncaster London North Eastern Railway / Hull Trains St Pancras - Leicester Kings Cross - Peterborough Great Northern St Pancras - Bedford St Pancras - Bedford Thameslink Derby - Crewe Derby - Tamworth - Birmingham CrossCountry St Pancras - Leicester - Nottingham / Derby - Sheffield - Leeds Euston - Nuneaton / Birmingham Avanti West Coast Nottingham - Manchester / Liverpool Stoke-on-Trent / Crewe - Manchester / Liverpool Avanti West Coast St Pancras - Leicester - Nottingham / Derby - Sheffield - Leeds Euston - Nuneaton / Birmingham London Northwestern Railway Nottingham - Manchester Stoke-on-Trent / Crewe - Manchester London Northwestern Railway Derby - Crewe Tamworth / Birmingham - Stoke-on-Trent / Crewe London Northwestern Railway St Pancras - Leicester - Nottingham / Derby - Sheffield - Leeds Doncaster - Sheffield TransPennine Express Sheffield - Manchester - Liverpool Sheffield - Manchester - Liverpool (inc via Huddersfield and Leeds) TransPennine Express Grimsby - Nottingham Grimsby - Doncaster - Sheffield TransPennine Express St Pancras - Leicester - Nottingham / Derby - Sheffield - Leeds Doncaster - Sheffield; Retford - Sheffield Northern Nottingham - Sheffield - Manchester - Liverpool Nottingham - Sheffield - Manchester (inc via Huddersfield and Leeds) Northern Grimsby - Lincoln - Nottingham Lincoln - Retford - Sheffield Northern Nottingham - Worksop Sheffield / Retford - Worksop Northern Peterborough - Lincoln - Doncaster Retford / Doncaster - Lincoln Northern Norwich - Peterborough Norwich - Peterborough Greater Anglia .