Killingholme railway station

Killingholme railway station was located on Killingholme Marsh in the parish of South Killingholme, Lincolnshire, England, equidistant from the villages of North and South Killingholme.^[7][8]

Killingholme
General information
Location	North and South Killingholme, North East Lincolnshire England
Coordinates	53°38′54″N 0°13′32″W / 53.6482°N 0.2255°W / 53.6482; -0.2255
Grid reference	TA173183
Platforms	1^[1]^[2]
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Barton and Immingham Light Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Central Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 May 1911^[3]	Station opened
July 1956	Station became an unstaffed halt^[4]
17 June 1963	Station closed to passengers
4 January 1965	Station closed completely^[5]^[6]

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

The station was built by the Barton and Immingham Light Railway under the auspices of the Great Central Railway.^[9] The line's primary purpose was to enable workers to get to and from Immingham Dock which was being built at the time the line was opened. The typical journey time to the dock was six minutes.^[10]

The station had a single straight wooden platform bearing a small wooden station building with minimal facilities.^[11] Early maps show that the station was situated on a passing loop, but no second platform was ever built.

When the line and station were built the area was rural and very thinly populated. By 2015 the area had become industrial but remained thinly populated. A single track still ran through the site, now carrying modern produce.

On 7 October 1967 a RCTS railtour passed through the station.^[12][13]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Killingholme Admiralty Platform Line and station closed		Great Central Railway Barton and Immingham Light Railway		Immingham Western Jetty Line and station closed 1911-about 1922
				Immingham Dock Line and station closed About 1922-1963

References

1. Squires 1988, p. 17.
2. King 2019, p. 89.
3. Ludlam 1996, p. 44.
4. Bates & Bairstow 2005, p. 78.
5. King & Hewins 1989, p. 34.
6. Butt 1995, p. 132.
7. Anon 2011, p. 22.
8. Smith & Turner 2012, Map 22.
9. Dow 1965, p. 235.
10. Bradshaw 1985, p. 720.
11. King & Hewins 1989, Photo 100.
12. Bates & Bairstow 2005, p. 79.
13. Mitchell & Smith 2017, Photo 81b.

Sources

• Bates, Chris; Bairstow, Martin (2005). Railways in North Lincolnshire. Leeds: Martin Bairstow. ISBN 978-1-871944-30-3.
• 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.
• 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.
• Anon (2011). British Railways Atlas 1947: The Last Days of the Big Four. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-3643-7.
• Dow, George (1965). Great Central, Volume Three: Fay Sets the Pace, 1900–1922. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-0263-0. OCLC 500447049.
• 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. (1996). Railways to New Holland and the Humber Ferries. Headington: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85361-494-4. LP 198.
• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2017). Branch Lines North of Grimsby, including Immingham. Midhurst: Middleton Press (MD). ISBN 978-1-910356-09-8.
• Smith, Paul; Turner, Keith (2012). Railway Atlas Then and Now. Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7110-3695-6.
• Squires, Stewart E. (1988). The Lost Railways of Lincolnshire. Ware: Castlemead Publications. ISBN 978-0-948555-14-5.

External links

• Railtour visit 6 October 1967 Six Bells Junction
• Services from New Holland Disused Stations UK
• The station on a 1930 OS map National Library of Scotland
• The station on a 1948 OS map npe maps
• The station Rail Map Online
• The station and section of line railwaycodes