Services on the line are provided by East Midlands Railway and Northern,[1] with a few continuing through Lincoln to the Peterborough–Lincoln line.

The towns and villages served by the route are listed below.

[2] Between Doncaster and Gainsborough the line passes between Finningley and Blaxton.

There used to be a station at this point and as this is the site of the new Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield, there has been discussion about constructing a new station to serve the airport.

Planning permission for a station was granted in 2008,[3] but no construction work was ever started.