Immingham (Eastern Jetty) railway station
| Immingham (Eastern Jetty) | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Place | Immingham |
| Area | North East Lincolnshire |
| Coordinates | 53°37′51″N 0°10′55″W / 53.6307°N 0.1819°WCoordinates: 53°37′51″N 0°10′55″W / 53.6307°N 0.1819°W |
| Grid reference | TA203165 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Great Central Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Central Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Platforms | 1 |
| History | |
| 15 May 1912 | opened |
| 1939 | closed[1][2] |
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Immingham (Eastern Jetty) railway station was a special excursion station built along the port's eastern jetty[3] to cater for traffic to passenger ships which started out on cruises to the North Cape, Norwegian Fjords and the Baltic.
The cruise ships sometimes berthed in the dock itself,[4] but usually they moored at the seaward side of the jetty where they were adjacent to all-First Class, Restaurant Car special trains.[5][6] These operated along two routes:
- to and from Manchester Central and Sheffield Victoria with a connecting carriage from Liverpool Central, and
- to and from Marylebone, travelling either via Retford and the Waleswood Curve or via the LDECR and Mansfield Central.[7] In both cases they then used the main line via Leicester Central.
Originally these trains were hauled by Great Central Railway 4-6-0 locomotives but following grouping in 1922 Great Northern motive power took many of them over.[8]
Visits by such ships drew crowds of sightseers and passed into local folklore, none more so than the vessel SS Arandora Star which was torpedoed in 1940 with heavy loss of life.
The station, in reality not much more than a long wooden platform along the jetty, was only used for the transfer of the passengers and luggage from train to ship and vice versa and so little in the way of facilities was needed or provided.[9]
The cruises, the only traffic, terminated in 1939, just prior to the Second World War. Although the platform remained for some time, the station was effectively closed.
By 2015 the tracks on the jetty had long been lifted, but the structure remained well used, handling oils, spirits, and liquid chemicals.
References
- ↑ Butt 1995, p. 127.
- ↑ Croughton, Kidner & Young 1982, p. 88.
- ↑ Dow 1965, p. 260.
- ↑ Mummery & Butler 1999, p. 95.
- ↑ Burgess 2007, p. 21.
- ↑ Ludlam 2016, pp. 7 & 28.
- ↑ Ludlam 2006, pp. 429-432.
- ↑ Ludlam 1996, p. 65.
- ↑ Mummery & Butler 1999, pp. 88-98.
Sources
- Burgess, Neil (2007). Lincolnshire's Lost Railways. Catrine, Ayrshire: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 184033407X.
- Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Croughton, Godfrey; Kidner, Roger Wakely; Young, Alan (1982). Private and Untimetabled Railway Stations, Halts and Stopping Places. Catrine, Ayrshire: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-281-1. OCLC 10507501. X43.
- Dow, George (1965). Great Central, Volume Three: Fay Sets the Pace, 1900-1922. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0263-0. OCLC 500447049.
- Ludlam, A.J. (2016). Immingham - A Lincolnshire Railway Centre (Lincolnshire Railway Centres). Ludborough, Lincolnshire: Lincolnshire Wolds Railway Society. ISBN 0995461007.
- Ludlam, A.J. (1996). Railways to New Holland and the Humber Ferries, LP 198. Headington, Oxford: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0 85361 494 6.
- Ludlam, A.J. (July 2006). Kennedy, Rex, ed. "Immingham-Gateway to the Continent". Steam Days. Bournemouth: Redgauntlet Publications (203). ISSN 0269-0020.
- Mummery, Brian; Butler, Ian (1999). Immingham and the Great Central Legacy (Images of England). Stroud: Tempus. ISBN 0 7524 1714 2.
- NotRecorded, X (Summer 2002). Bell, Brian, ed. "Not recorded". Forward. Holton le Clay, Grimsby: Brian Bell for the Great Central Railway Society. 50. ISSN 0141-4488.
External links
- The Eastern Jetty and tracks on a 1932 OS map via National Library of Scotland
- The station via Rail Map Online
- The Eastern Jetty in modern times via World Port Source
- The Eastern Jetty and tracks, via Britain from Above (free login needed to zoom)