Barton and Immingham Light Railway

Barton & Immingham
Light Railway
Overview
LocaleNorth Lincolnshire /
North East Lincolnshire
Dates of operation1910–1963
Successor
London and
North Eastern Railway
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Length7.5 miles
Route map

Goxhill
East Halton
Killingholme
Admiralty Platform
Killingholme
Ulceby Aerodrome Platform
Immingham Western Jetty
Immingham Dock
Ulceby

The Barton and Immingham Light Railway is a railway line in North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England. It ran from a junction at Goxhill to Immingham Dock. Another spur runs from Immingham Dock to Ulceby.[1] It was later absorbed by the Great Central Railway and later, on grouping, it passed to the London and North Eastern Railway. 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.[2]

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,[3] though a contemporary timetable advertised weekday only serviced of six trains each way starting in May 1911.[4]

  1. ^ Smith & Turner 2012, Map 22
  2. ^ Bates & Bairstow 2005, p. 78.
  3. ^ Dow 1965, pp. 235–6.
  4. ^ Ludlam 2016, p. 26.