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]
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| Locale | North Lincolnshire / North East Lincolnshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dates of operation | 1910–1963 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Track gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 7.5 miles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
- Grimsby District Light Railway (Grimsby-Cleethorpes)
- Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway (Grimsby-New Holland)
- Grimsby and Immingham Electric Railway (Grimsby-Immingham)
References
- Smith & Turner 2012, Map 22
- Bates & Bairstow 2005, p. 78.
- Dow 1965, pp. 235-6.
- Ludlam 2016, p. 26.
- Dow 1965, p. 235.
- Bradshaw 1985, p. 720.
- King & Hewins 1989, p. 25.
- Quayle 1981, p. 473.
- 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