People in Gedling borough hoping to enjoy the annual Lincoln Market will find it even easier to get to the event by train this year after East Midlands Trains announced plans to provide 65,000 train seats across the four-day event.
The annual market takes place from Thursday, December 7 until Sunday 10 and is expected to attract thousands of visitors to the medieval square and city centre to soak up the sights and sounds of one of the country’s most popular Christmas attractions.
East Midlands Trains will be running a special timetable from Carlton Station to Lincoln throughout this time, providing a record number of seats to and from Lincoln.
Saturday, in particular, is expected to be the busiest day of the market and East Midlands Trains is planning to more than double its usual level of service, with more than 25,000 seats available.
Sarah Turner, East Midlands Trains General Manager, said: “This is one of our favourite events of the year and we are proud to continue to play our part in helping many thousands of people visit Lincoln and have a wonderful day out.
“We work closely with the organisers and our local partners to help make the event a success and it is especially pleasing that we are able to provide more seats than ever before across the four days.
“As well as the huge increase in seats there will also be special arrangements at Lincoln and some other stations so we would ask customers to leave a bit of extra time for their journey so we can help everyone enjoy the occasion.”
Lydia Rusling, Head of Visit Lincoln, said “We welcome these extra services to Lincoln for the Christmas Market on one of the biggest weekends of the year for many businesses in the city.
“It’s a great opportunity to welcome more visitors to Lincoln who will hopefully enjoy their visit and return again to explore more.”
For more information about East Midlands Trains and to book tickets to travel to the Lincoln Christmas Market, please visit eastmidlandstrains.co.uk or follow East Midlands Trains on Twitter: @EMTrains
For more information about the Lincoln Christmas Market please visit: http://www.lincoln-christmasmarket.co.uk/
