Immingham (Eastern Jetty) railway station

Immingham (Eastern Jetty) railway station was a special excursion station built along the port's eastern jetty[3] to cater for traffic to passenger ships on cruises to the North Cape, Norwegian Fjords and the Baltic.

Immingham (Eastern Jetty)
Location
PlaceImmingham
AreaNorth East Lincolnshire
Coordinates53.6307°N 0.1819°W / 53.6307; -0.1819
Grid referenceTA203165
Operations
Original companyGreat Central Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Central Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Platforms1
History
15 May 1912opened
1939closed[1][2]
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

The station was not much more than a long wooden platform along the jetty. It was only used for the transfer of the passengers and luggage from train to ship and vice versa so little in the way of facilities was needed or provided. The critical provision was numerous staff to guide travellers and handle their belongings.[4][5][6]

Traffic

The cruise ships sometimes berthed in the dock itself,[7][8] but usually they moored at the seaward side of the jetty where they were adjacent to all-First Class, Restaurant Car special trains.[9][10][11] These operated along two routes:

Locomotives

Originally these trains were hauled by Great Central Railway 4-6-0 locomotives[13] but following grouping in 1922 Great Northern Railway motive power took many of them over.[14]

Spectacle

Visits by such ships drew crowds of sightseers and passed into local folklore, none more so than the vessel SS Arandora Star which was torpedoed in 1940 with heavy loss of life.

Closure

The cruises terminated in 1939, just prior to the Second World War. Although the platform remained for some time, the station was effectively closed. One source suggests GCR passenger vessels plied between here, Antwerp, Hamburg and Rotterdam.[5]

Afterlife

By 2015 the tracks on the jetty had long been lifted, but the structure remained well used, handling oils, spirits, and liquid chemicals.

Liners known to have used Immingham

References
  1. Butt 1995, p. 127.
  2. Croughton, Kidner & Young 1982, p. 88.
  3. Dow 1965, p. 260.
  4. Mummery & Butler 1999, pp. 88-98.
  5. Mitchell & Smith 2017, Photo 105.
  6. WEA 1994, p. 29.
  7. Mummery & Butler 1999, p. 95.
  8. SS Calgaric, with the lines to the Eastern Jetty curving under the camera Getty Images
  9. Burgess 2007, p. 21.
  10. Ludlam 2016, pp. 7 & 28.
  11. Crossland & Turner 2012, p. 57.
  12. Ludlam 2006, pp. 429-432.
  13. Tuplin 1967, Plate 26.
  14. Ludlam 1996, p. 65.
  15. Mummery & Butler 1999, pp. 96-98.
  16. Crossland & Turner 2012, p. 55.
  17. Mummery & Butler 1999, pp. 89, 90 & 95.
  18. Crossland & Turner 2012, p. 58.
  19. Mummery & Butler 1999, p. 89.
  20. Grainger 2012, p. 40.
  21. Crossland & Turner 2012, p. 56.
  22. Mummery & Butler 1999, pp. 91 & 93.
  23. Mummery & Butler 1999, p. 92.

Sources
  • Burgess, Neil (2007). Lincolnshire's Lost Railways. Catrine: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84033-407-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Crossland, G J; Turner, C E (2012) [2006]. Immingham A History of the Deep Water Port. T&C Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9543051-2-3.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Croughton, Godfrey; Kidner, R. W.; Young, Alan (1982). Private and Untimetabled Railway Stations, Halts and Stopping Places. The Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85361-281-0. OCLC 10507501.
  • Dow, George (1965). Great Central, Volume Three: Fay Sets the Pace, 1900–1922. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-0263-0. OCLC 500447049.
  • Grainger, Ken (2012). Gellatly, Bob (ed.). "Immingham Dock Centenary Souvenir 1912-2012". Forward. Holton le Clay: Brian Bell for the Great Central Railway Society. ISSN 0141-4488.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Ludlam, A.J. (2016). Immingham - A Lincolnshire Railway Centre (Lincolnshire Railway Centres). Ludborough: Lincolnshire Wolds Railway Society. ISBN 978-0-9954610-0-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Ludlam, A.J. (1996). Railways to New Holland and the Humber Ferries. Headington: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85361-494-4. LP 198.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Ludlam, A.J. (July 2006). Kennedy, Rex (ed.). "Immingham-Gateway to the Continent". Steam Days. Bournemouth: Redgauntlet Publications (203). ISSN 0269-0020.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2017). Branch Lines North of Grimsby, including Immingham. Midhurst: Middleton Press (MD). ISBN 978-1-910356-09-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Mummery, Brian; Butler, Ian (1999). Immingham and the Great Central Legacy (Images of England). Stroud: Tempus. ISBN 978-0-7524-1714-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • NotRecorded, X (Summer 2002). Bell, Brian (ed.). "Not recorded". Forward. Holton le Clay: Brian Bell for the Great Central Railway Society. 50. ISSN 0141-4488.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Tuplin, William Alfred (1967). Great Central Locomotives. London: George Allen & Unwin. OCLC 753041210.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • WEA (1994). Immingham - the way we were : more memories of a marsh village. Immingham: WEA. ISBN 978-0-9524259-2-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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