Winteringham railway station

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Winteringham
Location
Place Winteringham
Area North Lincolnshire
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Grid reference SE933225
Operations
Original company North Lindsey Light Railway
Pre-grouping NLLR
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms 2
History
15 July 1907 (1907-07-15) Station opened
13 July 1925 Station closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Winteringham railway station was built by the North Lindsey Light Railway in Winteringham, Lincolnshire, England and opened for public service on 15 July 1907[1] although the first train, a village sports club special, had run two days previously.[2]

Just north of the station the line divided in two;[3] the "main line" ran to Whitton, and a "branch line" to a wharf at Winteringham Haven on the Humber where the company had installed two shutes for handling coal and slag. A weekly ferry service operated from the Haven to Hull, outward on Monday and returning on Wednesday.[4][5]

The station closed to passengers on Monday 13 July 1925, though in all probability the last train ran on Saturday 11 July. It remained open for goods traffic until 1 October 1951, with local farmers objecting strongly to its closure, citing particularly the station's use for onward transportation of their sugar beet to the Brigg sugar factory.[1]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
West Halton   North Lindsey Light Railway   Whitton
    Winteringham Haven

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. Appleby Frodingham News, Summer 1959
  3. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. British Railways Atlas.1947. p. 22
  5. "Great Central" (Vol. 3)(Fay sets the pace), George Dow, 1965. Locomotive Publishing Co., London. ISBN 0-7110-0263-0

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