Sir Edward Leigh, the Conservative MP for Gainsborough, has pressed transport ministers on the deficiency of rail services in West Lindsey.

Speaking at Transport Questions in the Commons, the MP in his thirty-second year in Parliament noted that he was “very disappointed” that a Grimsby train via Market Rasen was not included in the franchise bid won by Virgin Trains.

“It is already running four trains a day to Lincoln,” Sir Edward noted. “Is there anything to prevent it, under its franchise, from extending at least one service a day to Grimsby via Market Rasen in order to serve that huge rural area?”

Sir Edward Leigh has previously written to both the Department for Transport and East Midlands Trains regarding Market Rasen station.