The Barton and Immingham Light Railway is a railway line in

North Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority area in Lincolnshire, England, with a population of 167,446 in the 2011 census. The borough includes the towns of Scunthorpe, Brigg, Haxey, Crowle, Epworth, Bottesford, Kirton in Lindsey and Barton ...

and

North East Lincolnshire North East Lincolnshire is a Unitary authority area with borough status in Lincolnshire, England. It borders the borough of North Lincolnshire and districts of West Lindsey and East Lindsey. The population of the district in the 2011 Census was ...

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire ...

, England. It ran from a junction at

Goxhill __NOTOC__ Goxhill is a large village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 2,290. It is situated east from Barton-upon-Humber and north-west from Immingham. Goxhill ...

Immingham Dock The Port of Immingham, also known as Immingham Dock, is a major port on the east coast of England, located on the south bank of the Humber Estuary in the town of Immingham, Lincolnshire. In 2019, the Port of Grimsby & Immingham was the largest ...

. Another spur runs from Immingham Dock to Ulceby. It was later absorbed by the

Great Central Railway The Great Central Railway in England was formed when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897, anticipating the opening in 1899 of its London Extension. On 1 January 1923, the company was grouped into the ...

and later, on grouping, it passed to the

London and North Eastern Railway The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was the second largest (after LMS) of the " Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain. It operated from 1 January 1923 until nationalisation on 1 January 1948. At th ...

. The railway is used for freight traffic to the ports at Immingham. The section from Goxhill to North Killingholme was mothballed and lifted. The track is still in situ but now overgrown and out of use. 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, though a contemporary timetable advertised weekday only serviced of six trains each way starting in May 1911.

Route

The route was authorised in 1907 as a direct link between

Barton-upon-Humber Barton-upon-Humber () or Barton is a town and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England. The population at the 2011 census was 11,066. It is situated on the south bank of the Humber Estuary at the southern end of the Humber Bridge. It is s ...

and

. Only the section between

and Immingham was built and a junction with the Barton Line created. For the line's first years the temporary southern terminus was Immingham Western jetty. This station was adjacent to the ramp carrying a line onto the jetty. At some point in or after 1922 it was replaced by the permanent

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

was maintained via 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.

References

Sources

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External links

Grace's Guide - British Industrial HistoryFriends of the Barton Line
Rail transport in Lincolnshire Great Central Railway Railway lines opened in 1910 Railway lines closed in 1963