Barton and Immingham Light Railway
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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]
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]
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.[4] For the line's first years the temporary southern terminus was Immingham Western jetty.[5] This station was adjacent to the ramp carrying a line onto the jetty.[6] 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.[7][8]
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.
- ↑ Dow 1965, p. 235.
- ↑ Bradshaw 1985, p. 720.
- ↑ King & Hewins 1989, p. 25.
- ↑ Quayle 1981, p. 473.
- ↑ King & Hewins 1989, p. 34.
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