New Holland Town railway station

New Holland Town
The station during the farewells railtour in 1980
General information
LocationNew Holland, Lincolnshire
England
Coordinates53°42′16″N 0°21′49″W / 53.7045°N 0.3635°W / 53.7045; -0.3635
Grid referenceTA081243
Platforms2[1]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Central Railway
Post-groupingLNER
Key dates
1 March 1848opened
24 June 1981closed

New Holland Town railway station is a former railway station in the village of New Holland in North Lincolnshire, England. It stood at the landward end of the pier,[2] whilst the purpose of Pier station, which juts 1,375 feet (419 m) northwards into the Humber estuary, was to enable railway passengers and goods to transfer to and from ferries plying between New Holland and Hull. New Holland Town station's purpose was for more conventional use by the local community.

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.[3]

  1. ^ King 2019, pp. 81–83.
  2. ^ Smith & Turner 2012, Map 22.
  3. ^ King & Hewins 1989, p. 10.