New Holland Pier railway station
New Holland Pier | |
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The station on New Holland Pier in March 1981. The ferry service was due to cease operating on 24 June 1981 when the Humber Bridge opened. | |
Location | |
Place | New Holland |
Area | Lincolnshire |
Coordinates | 53°42′31″N 0°21′58″W / 53.7086°N 0.3662°WCoordinates: 53°42′31″N 0°21′58″W / 53.7086°N 0.3662°W |
Grid reference | TA079347 |
Operations | |
Original company | Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great Central Railway |
Post-grouping | LNER |
Platforms | 2[1] |
History | |
1 March 1848 | opened |
24 June 1981 |
closed ![]() New Holland Pier station, May 1976, with coal supplies for the Humber ferry in the foreground |
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z | |
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New Holland Pier juts 1,375 feet (419 m) northwards into the River Humber at the village of New Holland in North Lincolnshire, England.[2] New Holland Pier railway station stood at the seaward end of the pier.[3] Its purpose was to enable railway passengers, vehicles and goods to transfer to and from ferries plying between New Holland and Hull.[4]
New Holland was a "railway village" in the sense that Crewe was a railway town. Expanding the dock, building the pier, the engine shed and the railway to it were promoted and started by the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway, though by the time services began that railway had merged with others to form the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway. For many years GCR laundry from restaurant cars and hotels was brought to New Holland for cleaning.[5]
History
The station opened on 1 March 1848 following a Directors' tour of the ferry and route as far as Louth the day before.[6][7]
Services in the early days were a mix of local and long distance.[8] The line was seen as the gateway to Hull, with transshipment of people and goods being a mere inconvenience.[9] Before long lines reached Hull via Doncaster, so passengers and railways alike realised that longer could be quicker and more convenient. After this the pier and railway eventually settled down to providing local services across the Humber.[10]
These were:
Ferry from Hull to New Holland Pier then train:
- to Barton-on-Humber[11][12][13]
- to Cleethorpes[14] via Grimsby,
and, from 1911
The Immingham service ceased in 1963, but the other two survived until 1981.
A severe storm on 18-19 October 1869 damaged the pontoon at the end of the pier so badly that it sank.[16]
On Sunday 13 January 1895 the pier and station at New Holland were destroyed by fire.[17] It was later rebuilt.
From 1923 the pier and station were closed for reconstruction, reopening on 19 March 1928.[18][19] The station gave the appearance of having two platforms with a siding between, but the western "platform" was a wooden roadway used by vehicles to and from ferries, passengers used the true platform on the eastern side of the pier.[20] The central siding often contained one or two coal wagons from which a small road 'train' of tubs was loaded and taken down the access ramps to ferry steamers.[21] Originally the station had an overall roof but this was later removed.[5][22] The station buildings were made of wood and included a signal box and refreshment rooms on the more substantial eastern side.[23][24]
Average daily traffic along the pier in its peak years was 30000 passengers, 250 vehicles, 1200 cattle and sheep and 300 tons of luggage.[19] Until the end of the Second World War publicity, tickets and timetables rarely differentiated between the Town and Pier stations, with the July 1922 Bradshaw, for example, giving a single entry for "New Holland."[25]
The station was closed and the ferry withdrawn on 24 June 1981 when the Humber Bridge opened.[26] New Holland pier was taken over by New Holland Bulk Services who started a grain and feed import and export business in 1984.[27]
When the station and its neighbour New Holland Town were closed they were replaced by a wholly new New Holland station south of the latter, which formed an integral part of the Barton Line which was still running in 2016.
Route
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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New Holland Town Line and station closed |
Great Central Railway Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway |
Terminus | ||
Historical railways | ||||
Terminus | Sealink (Ferry) |
Hull Corporation Pier Ferry and station closed |
References
- ↑ Goode 1985, p. 69.
- ↑ Dow 1959, p. 170.
- ↑ Smith & Turner 2012, Map 22.
- ↑ Burgess 2007, pp. 34-5.
- 1 2 King & Hewins 1989, p. 10.
- ↑ Dow 1959, p. 119.
- ↑ Quayle 1981, p. 473.
- ↑ Dow 1959, p. 126.
- ↑ Anderson 1992, p. 81.
- ↑ Bates & Bairstow 2005, p. 35.
- ↑ Ludlam 2016, pp. 8 & 27.
- ↑ Aves 2011, p. 327.
- ↑ Goode 1985, pp. 16, 68 & 71.
- ↑ Ludlam 2016, p. 40.
- ↑ Ludlam 1996, p. 46.
- ↑ Dow 1962, p. 161.
- ↑ "Great Fire at New Holland". Hull Daily Mail. England. 14 January 1895. Retrieved 11 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ Ludlam 1996, p. 32.
- 1 2 King & Hewins 1989, p. 8.
- ↑ Ludlam 2016, p. 8.
- ↑ Bates & Bairstow 2005, p. 34.
- ↑ Goode 1985, p. 94.
- ↑ Ludlam 1996, p. 29.
- ↑ Lambert 1978, p. 107.
- ↑ Bradshaw 1985, p. 720.
- ↑ "The Humber paddle steamers in 1970's". Retrieved 21 March 2009.
- ↑ "New Holland (Old Ferry Terminal)". Retrieved 21 March 2009.
Sources
- Anderson, Paul (1992). Railway of Lincolnshire. Oldham: Irwell Press. ISBN 1 871608 30 9.
- Aves, Bill (May 2011). Smith, Martin, ed. "Unsung heroes - N4 and N5 0-6-2Ts (Part Two)". Railway Bylines. Radstock: Irwell Press Limited. 16 (6).
- Bates, Chris; Bairstow, Martin (2005). Railways in North Lincolnshire. Leeds: Martin Bairstow. ISBN 1 871944 30 9.
- Bradshaw, George (1985) [1922]. July 1922 Railway Guide. Newton Abbott: David & Charles.
- Burgess, Neil (2007). Lincolnshire's Lost Railways. Catrine, Ayrshire: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 184033407X.
- Dow, George (1985) [1959]. Great Central, Volume One: The Progenitors, 1813-1863. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1468-X. OCLC 60021205.
- Dow, George (1962). Great Central, Volume Two Dominion of Watkin 1864-1899. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1469-8. OCLC 655324061.
- Goode, C. Tony (1985). Railways of North Lincolnshire. Anlaby, Hull: C.T.Goode. ISBN 0-9508239-7-X.
- 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 1 870119 04 5.
- Lambert, Anthony J. (1978). East Midlands Branch Line Album. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0 7110 0828 0.
- 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. Headington, Oxford: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0 85361 494 6. LP 198.
- Quayle, H.I. (October 1981). Slater, J.N, ed. "Boat Train to the Humber". The Railway Magazine. London: Tothill Press Ltd. 127 (966). ISSN 0033-8923.
- Smith, Paul; Turner, Keith (2012), Railway Atlas Then and Now, Ian Allan, ISBN 978 0 7110 3695 6
External links
- The station via Disused Stations UK
- The station via RAILSCOT
- The station via Daves Rail Pics
- Lincolnshire Poacher railtour 1976 via YouTube
- Railtour details October 1965 via sixbellsjunction
- Great Farewells Railtour 1980 via David Wainwright
- The station and pier via flickr
- Pier, railway and shipping via Davenport Collection
- The Barton Line via Barton to Cleethorpes CRP
- Aerial view of pier and railway via geograph
- The pier, railway and paddlesteamers via paddlesteamers.info
- The station on an 1886 OS map via National Library of Scotland
- The station on a 1908 OS map overlay via National Library of Scotland
- The station on an 1948 OS map via npe maps
- The station and section of line via railwaycodes
- New Holland from the air in 1935, via Britain from Above