Immingham Dock railway station

For the electric tramway station, see Immingham Dock electric railway station.

Immingham Dock
July 1960
General information
LocationImmingham, North East Lincolnshire
England
Coordinates53°37′53″N 0°11′23″W / 53.6313°N 0.1896°W / 53.6313; -0.1896
Grid referenceTA198164
Platforms1[1][2][3]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Central Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Central Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
17 November 1913opened
17 June 1963Barton and Immingham Light Railway closed
6 October 1969closed[4]

Immingham Dock railway station served the dock at Immingham, Lincolnshire, England.

History

Immingham Dock was opened on 17 November 1913[5] 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[6] 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's Guide shows Immingham Western jetty as the line's terminus,[7] whilst a photograph of a locomotive in Great Central livery using the permanent replacement Immingham Dock station[8] suggests the handover took place around 1922. The new station was nearer the dock gates.[9][10]

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[11]

The station had a single curving platform[12] with a run round facility and a small pagoda - style station building which housed the usual facilities. The platform was constructed in wood,[13][14] later rebuilt with concrete supports.[15] 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The station escaped closure when passenger services were withdrawn from the branch on 17 June 1963 because a service which had been provided since at least 1954[16] via Ulceby was upgraded from unadvertised workmen's trains[14] to publicly timetabled passenger trains. These ran from Cleethorpes, calling at New Clee, Grimsby Docks and Grimsby Town then non-stop via Habrough, at times coinciding with dock workers' shift changes.[17] This service was withdrawn on 6 October 1969 when the station finally closed.

On 7 October 1967 a RCTS railtour visited the station.[18]

By 2015 no trace of the station remained.

Former Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Killingholme   Great Central Railway
Barton and Immingham Light Railway
1913 - 1963 		  Terminus
Grimsby Town
Non-stop via Ulceby 		  British Railways
1954 - 1969 		  Terminus

References

  1. ^ Ludlam 2016, pp. 14 & 20.
  2. ^ Goode 1985, p. 40.
  3. ^ King 2019, p. 91.
  4. ^ Butt 1995, p. 126.
  5. ^ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 249
  6. ^ Dow 1965, p. 235.
  7. ^ Bradshaw 1985, p. 720.
  8. ^ Ludlam 1996, p. 69.
  9. ^ Anon 2011, p. 17.
  10. ^ Smith & Turner 2012, Map 22.
  11. ^ Mitchell & Smith 2017, Photo 85.
  12. ^ King & Hewins 1989, Photo 101.
  13. ^ Mummery & Butler 1999, p. 110.
  14. ^ a b Bates & Bairstow 2005, p. 80.
  15. ^ King & Hewins 1989, Photo 102.
  16. ^ Price 1991, p. 87.
  17. ^ Pask 1999, pp. 49 & 5.
  18. ^ Bates & Bairstow 2005, p. 79.

Sources

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  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
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  • Pask, Brian (1999). The Tickets of the Grimsby & Immingham Electric Railway. Sevenoaks: The Transport Ticket Society. ISBN 978-0-903209-33-5.
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