Hainton Street Halt | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire England |
| Grid reference | TA274085 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Great Northern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway Eastern Region of British Railways |
| Key dates | |
| 11 December 1905 | Opened |
| 4 December 1939 | Temporary closure |
| 1 March 1940 | Reopened |
| 11 September 1961 | Closed |
| December 1980 | Closure of line |
Hainton Street Halt was a railway halt on the East Lincolnshire Railway[1] which served the Welholme Road area of Grimsby in Lincolnshire between 1905 and 1961. The station was opened as part of a new motor train service between Grimsby and Louth. The station briefly closed in 1939 as a Second World War economy measure, but reopened in 1940. The line through Hainton Street remained open for freight until December 1980. The trackbed was later reused by Humberside County Council to construct the A16 Peaks Parkway which now runs through the site. Building of the road put an end to the aspirations of the Great Northern and East Lincolnshire Railway plc (now the Lincolnshire Wolds Railway) to reopen the line as a heritage railway.