Immingham Dock railway station
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| Immingham Dock | |
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July 1960
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| Location | |
| Place | Immingham |
| Area | North East Lincolnshire |
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| Grid reference | TA198164 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Great Central Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Central Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Platforms | 1 |
| History | |
| about 1922 | opened, replacing Immingham Western Jetty station |
| 17 June 1963 | Barton and Immingham Light Railway closed |
| 6 October 1969 | closed[1] |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
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Immingham Dock railway station served the dock at Immingham, Lincolnshire, England.
Contents
History
Immingham Dock was opened on 22 July 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, Barton upon Humber, New Holland and surrounding villages to the dock the company built the Barton and Immingham Light Railway, which terminated at the temporary Immingham Western Jetty railway station[2] near to the curving embankment which carried trains up to the Western Jetty itself.
The temporary station lasted for some years. The July 1922 "Bradshaw" shows Immingham Western jetty as the line's terminus,[3] whilst a photograph of a locomotive in Great Central livery using the permanent replacement Immingham Dock station[4] suggests the handover took place around 1922. The new station was nearer the dock gates.[5][6]
Dock workers from the Grimsby direction were catered for by the Grimsby and Immingham Electric Railway, an inter-urban tram system which also terminated at a station named Immingham Dock. Trains and trams at the two stations faced each other from opposite sides of the dock's entrance lock gates.
The station had a single curving platform[7] with a run round facility and a small pagoda - style station building which housed the usual facilities. The platform was constructed in wood,[8][9] later rebuilt with concrete supports.[10] Services were provided from New Holland, leaving what is now the Barton Line south of Goxhill, passing through East Halton and Killingholme stations before reaching Immingham.
The station escaped closure when passenger services were withdrawn from the branch on 17 June 1963 because a service which had been provided since at least 1954[11] via Ulceby was upgraded from unadvertised workmen's trains[9] to publicly timetabled passenger trains. These ran from Grimsby Town via Habrough, usually at times coinciding with dock workers' shift changes. This single stop service was withdrawn on 6 October 1969 when the station finally closed.
On 7 October 1967 a RCTS railtour visited the station.[12]
By 2015 no trace of the station remained.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Killingholme | Great Central Railway Barton and Immingham Light Railway 1922 - 1963 |
Terminus | ||
| Ulceby | British Railways 1963 - 1969 |
Terminus | ||
References
- ↑ Butt 1995, p. 126.
- ↑ Dow 1965, p. 235.
- ↑ Bradshaw 1985, p. 720.
- ↑ Ludlam 1996, p. 69.
- ↑ Anon 2011, p. 17.
- ↑ Smith & Turner 2012, Map 22.
- ↑ King & Hewins 1989, Photo 101.
- ↑ Mummery & Butler 1999, p. 110.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Bates & Bairstow 2005, p. 80.
- ↑ King & Hewins 1989, Photo 102.
- ↑ Price 1991, p. 87.
- ↑ Bates & Bairstow 2005, p. 79.
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External links
- Railtour visit 6 October 1967 via Six Bells Junction
- Services from New Holland via Disused Stations UK
- The station on a 1930 OS map via National Library of Scotland
- The station on a 1948 OS map via npe maps
- Includes a fine shot at the station via Grimsby Area Railways
- Includes a very rare photo of the station via yccrp
- The station via flickr
