Immingham Dock railway station
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Immingham Dock railway station was a railway station which served the dock in Immingham
, Lincolnshire
, England
.
was opened in 1912 by the Great Central Railway
at a point where the deep water channel came close to the Lincolnshire bank of the river Humber. In order to get their workers from Kingston-upon-Hull, and and the surrounding villages to the dock the company built the Barton and Immingham Light Railway, which terminated at Immingham Dock railway station by the western arm of the dock. Other workers were catered for by the Grimsby and Immingham Electric Railway, an inter-urban system running from Grimsby to the Eastern Arm of the dock.
The station was a single platform affair with a run round facility and a small, pagoda - style station building which housed the usual facilities. Services were provided from New Holland, leaving what is now the Barton Line
south of and passing through a number of intermediate stations before reaching Immingham.
The station surprisingly escaped closure when passenger services were withdrawn from the branch line on 17 June 1963 with an alternate service provided via the previously freight only link to . Trains were run from Grimsby Town
via Habrough
usually at times coincidental with the shift changing times of the dock workers. However, this single stop branch was short lived, with services being withdrawn on 6 October 1969 when the station was finally closed.
Former Services
Immingham
Immingham is a town in North East Lincolnshire, located on the south bank of the Humber Estuary...
, Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
History
Immingham DockImmingham Dock
Immingham Dock is a port facility, with linking railways, opened upstream from Grimsby by the Great Central Railway in 1912. It was first conceived in 1874, during the company's Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway days, after test borings north-west of Grimsby had been made by marine...
was opened in 1912 by the Great Central Railway
Great Central Railway
The Great Central Railway was a railway company in England which came into being when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897 in anticipation of the opening in 1899 of its London Extension . On 1 January 1923, it was grouped into the London and North Eastern...
at a point where the deep water channel came close to the Lincolnshire bank of the river Humber. In order to get their workers from Kingston-upon-Hull, and and the surrounding villages to the dock the company built the Barton and Immingham Light Railway, which terminated at Immingham Dock railway station by the western arm of the dock. Other workers were catered for by the Grimsby and Immingham Electric Railway, an inter-urban system running from Grimsby to the Eastern Arm of the dock.
The station was a single platform affair with a run round facility and a small, pagoda - style station building which housed the usual facilities. Services were provided from New Holland, leaving what is now the Barton Line
Barton Line
The Barton Line is a railway line in North and North East Lincolnshire. It runs from Barton-upon-Humber south east to Cleethorpes and was designated by the Department for Transport as a community rail line in February 2007....
south of and passing through a number of intermediate stations before reaching Immingham.
The station surprisingly escaped closure when passenger services were withdrawn from the branch line on 17 June 1963 with an alternate service provided via the previously freight only link to . Trains were run from Grimsby Town
Grimsby Town railway station
Grimsby Town railway station serves the town of Grimsby in North East Lincolnshire, England. It is currently operated by First TransPennine Express, and is also served by Northern Rail and East Midlands Trains...
via Habrough
Habrough railway station
Habrough railway station serves the village of Habrough and the town of Immingham in North East Lincolnshire, England. It was built by the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway in 1848...
usually at times coincidental with the shift changing times of the dock workers. However, this single stop branch was short lived, with services being withdrawn on 6 October 1969 when the station was finally closed.