Barton and Immingham Light Railway

The Barton and Immingham Light Railway was a light railway in North and North East Lincolnshire.[1] It was later absorbed by the Great Central Railway and later, on grouping, it passed to the London and North Eastern Railway. The railway is now mostly closed.[2]

Barton & Immingham
Light Railway
Overview
LocaleNorth Lincolnshire /
North East Lincolnshire
Dates of operation19101963
Successor
London and
North Eastern Railway
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm)
Length7.5 miles
Route map
Goxhill
East Halton
Killingholme
Admiralty Platform
Killingholme
Ulceby Aerodrome Platform
Immingham Western Jetty
Immingham Dock
Ulceby

The line was opened in stages: for goods from Immingham West junction to Killingholme on 1 December 1910 and onwards to Goxhill on 1 May 1911, then to passengers the next day,[3] though a contemporary timetable advertises a weekdays only service of six trains each way starting on Monday 1 May 1911.[4]

Route

The route was authorised in 1907 as a direct link between Barton-upon-Humber and Immingham Dock. Only the section between Goxhill and Immingham was built and a junction with the Barton Line created.[5] For the line's first years the temporary southern terminus was Immingham Western jetty.[6] This station was adjacent to the ramp carrying a line onto the jetty.[7] At some point in or after 1922 it was replaced by the permanent Immingham Dock station a short distance nearer the dock entrance.

Passenger services operated for the entire life of the line. When the majority of the line was shut in 1963, a service to Immingham Dock was maintained via Ulceby for a further 6 years until 1969.

The line is still partially open at its southern end to freight traffic for Immingham Dock and nearby industries.[8][9]

See also

References

  1. Smith & Turner 2012, Map 22
  2. Bates & Bairstow 2005, p. 78.
  3. Dow 1965, pp. 235-6.
  4. Ludlam 2016, p. 26.
  5. Dow 1965, p. 235.
  6. Bradshaw 1985, p. 720.
  7. King & Hewins 1989, p. 25.
  8. Quayle 1981, p. 473.
  9. King & Hewins 1989, p. 34.

Sources

  • Bates, Chris; Bairstow, Martin (2005). Railways in North Lincolnshire. Leeds: Martin Bairstow. ISBN 1 871944 30 9.
  • Bradshaw, George (1985) [1922]. July 1922 Railway Guide. Newton Abbott: David & Charles.
  • Dow, George (1965). Great Central, Volume Three: Fay Sets the Pace, 1900-1922. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0263-0.
  • King, Paul K.; Hewins, Dave R. (1989). Scenes from the Past: 5 The Railways around Grimsby, Cleethorpes, Immingham and North-east Lincolnshire. Stockport: Foxline Publishing. ISBN 1 870119 04 5.
  • Ludlam, A.J. (2016). Immingham - A Lincolnshire Railway Centre (Lincolnshire Railway Centres). Ludborough, Lincolnshire: Lincolnshire Wolds Railway Society. ISBN 0995461007.
  • Quayle, H.I. (October 1981). Slater, J.N (ed.). "Boat Train to the Humber". The Railway Magazine. London: Tothill Press Ltd. 127 (966). ISSN 0033-8923.
  • Smith, Paul; Turner, Keith (2012), Railway Atlas Then and Now, Ian Allan Publishing, ISBN 978 0 7110 3695 6
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