Immingham Western Jetty railway station

Immingham Western Jetty railway station was the first railway station which served the dock in Immingham, Lincolnshire, England. It was replaced by Immingham Dock.

Immingham Western Jetty
General information
Location	Immingham, North East Lincolnshire England
Coordinates	53.6317°N 0.1917°W / 53.6317; -0.1917
Grid reference	TA196165
Platforms	1[1]
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Barton and Immingham Light Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Central Railway
Key dates
1 May 1911[2]	Station opened
1922	Station replaced by Immingham Dock station

v t e Passenger lines of North East Lincolnshire
Legend
Hull Corporation Pier Barton- on-Humber Humber Ferry Barrow Haven New Holland Pier New Holland engine shed New Holland Town New Holland Goxhill East Halton Killingholme Admiralty Platform Thornton Abbey Killingholme Thornton Curtis Immingham West Jn Humber Road Jn Immingham Western Jetty Ulceby Aerodrome Platform Eastfield Road Ulceby North Jn Immingham Dock Ulceby Dock Entrance Immingham engine shed Immingham Eastern Jetty Immingham Queens Road Immingham Dock Immingham Town Eastern Entrance to Immingham Dock Sheffield– Lincoln line & South Humberside Main Line Immingham Halt Habrough Kiln Lane Stallingborough Marsh Road LC Healing No.5 Passing Place Great Coates Great Coates LC Pyewipe Depot Halt Pyewipe car sheds Cleveland Bridge Grimsby Pyewipe Road West Marsh Jn East Marsh Jn Cleveland Street Stortford Street Grimsby Town Boulevard Recreation Ground East Lincolnshire Rlwy to Boston Jackson Street Grimsby engine shed Yarborough Street Grimsby Docks Corporation Bridge Grimsby Pier Riby Street Platform New Clee Cleethorpes Kingsway (CCLR) Discovery Lakeside Central North Sea Lane Humberston North Sea Lane Beach South Sea Lane Lincolnshire Coast Lt Rly 1960–1985

History

Immingham Dock was opened on 22 July 1912 by the Great Central Railway at a point where the deep water channel came close to the Lincolnshire bank of the Humber.

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 initially terminated at Immingham Western Jetty station,^[3] situated next to the ramp carrying lines onto the jetty itself.^[4][5][6]

Workers coming from Grimsby and surrounds were catered for by the Grimsby and Immingham Electric Railway, an inter-urban tram system running from Grimsby which had its own terminus named Immingham Dock. This stood on the opposite side of the dock's entrance lock gates.

Immingham Western Jetty station had a single platform station built of wood.^[7] It had none of the usual facilities. The only structure other than the platform and fence was a wooden ticket collector's hut not dissimilar to those found at modern car parks.^[8]

Services were provided from New Holland, leaving what is now the Barton Line south of Goxhill, calling at East Halton and Killingholme stations before reaching Immingham. The July 1922 Bradshaw shows the station still in use.^[9]

At some point in or after 1922 the station was closed and replaced by the altogether more solid and permanent Immingham Dock station^[10] a short distance southeast, within sight of the dock's entrance locks. A photo of a locomotive at Immingham Dock station in Great Central Railway livery suggests that the handover took place in the early 1920s.^[11]

Former Services

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Killingholme Line and station closed		Great Central Railway Barton and Immingham Light Railway		Terminus

References

1. King 2019, p. 90.
2. Ludlam 1996, p. 44.
3. Dow 1965, p. 235.
4. King & Hewins 1989, p. 25.
5. Ludlam 1996, p. 65.
6. Ludlam 2016, p. 6.
7. Grainger 2012, p. 47.
8. Ludlam 1996, p. 45.
9. Bradshaw 1985, p. 720.
10. Mummery & Butler 1999, p. 110.
11. Ludlam 1996, p. 69.

Sources

• Bradshaw, George (1985) [July 1922]. Bradshaw's General Railway and Steam Navigation guide for Great Britain and Ireland: A reprint of the July 1922 issue. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-8708-5. OCLC 12500436.
• Dow, George (1965). Great Central, Volume Three: Fay Sets the Pace, 1900–1922. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-0263-0. OCLC 500447049.
• Grainger, Ken (2012). Gellatly, Bob (ed.). "Immingham Dock Centenary Souvenir 1912-2012". Forward. Holton le Clay: Brian Bell for the Great Central Railway Society. ISSN 0141-4488.
• 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 978-1-870119-04-7.
• King, Paul (2019). The Railways of North-east Lincolnshire, Part 2: Stations. Grimsby: Pyewipe Publications. ISBN 978-1-9164603-1-7.
• Ludlam, A.J. (2016). Immingham - A Lincolnshire Railway Centre (Lincolnshire Railway Centres). Ludborough: Lincolnshire Wolds Railway Society. ISBN 978-0-9954610-0-0.
• Ludlam, A.J. (1996). Railways to New Holland and the Humber Ferries. Headington: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85361-494-4. LP 198.
• Mummery, Brian; Butler, Ian (1999). Immingham and the Great Central Legacy. Stroud: Tempus Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7524-1714-1.

External links

• The station site, west of Immingham Dock station, on a 1930s OS map National Library of Scotland
• The station Rail Map Online

Former Services

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Killingholme		Great Central Railway Barton and Immingham Light Railway		Terminus