Barton-on-Humber railway station
General information | |
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Location | Barton-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire England |
Coordinates | 53°41′20″N 0°26′35″W / 53.689°N 0.443°W |
Grid reference | TA029225 |
Managed by | East Midlands Railway |
Platforms | 1[1] |
Other information | |
Station code | BAU |
Classification | DfT category F1 |
History | |
Opened | 1 March 1849 |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 38,798 |
2019/20 | 36,646 |
2020/21 | 4,784 |
2021/22 | 20,338 |
2022/23 | 24,296 |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Barton-on-Humber railway station serves the town of Barton-upon-Humber in North Lincolnshire, England.
The station, which was once the terminus of a 3+1⁄4-mile (5 km) branch line from New Holland, is these days the terminus of the Barton line services operating from Cleethorpes. It is situated 22+3⁄4 miles (37 km) west of the resort. There is a connecting Stagecoach in Hull bus service from the town to Hull across the Humber Bridge which was introduced on the opening of the bridge to replace the New Holland Ferry.
Approach to the branch was by a triangular junction at New Holland which enabled passenger trains to operate a New Holland Pier to Barton service in connection with the ferries and rail services from Cleethorpes and for freight to have direct access from the main line via Ulceby Junction. When the Humber Bridge opened the junction was removed and passenger services operated directly from Cleethorpes via the new platform at New Holland.
History
The station was opened as part of the branch line from New Holland to Barton-on-Humber in 1849.
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The station in 1967
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The station in May 1976
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The station in 2008, looking east
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The station in 2012, looking west
Facilities
The station is unstaffed and has only basic amenities (waiting shelter, bench seating, bike rack and timetable poster board). Tickets have to be bought in advance or from the conductor on board the train. Step-free access is available from the entrance to the platform via ramp.[4]
Service
Monday to Saturdays there is generally a two-hourly service from Barton-on-Humber to Grimsby Town and Cleethorpes.[5] There are four arrivals & departures on summer Sundays also. The service was formerly worked by a Class 153 all day - the practice of using a Class 185 unit on the first service to Cleethorpes (which only used the doors on middle carriage of the three car unit due to it being longer than the platforms at many of the intermediate stations) ended at the December 2013 timetable change. However, since June 2018, this practice restarted.
On 16 May 2021 operation of the Barton line transferred from Northern Trains to East Midlands Railway who operate Class 170s.[6][7] These now operate all services over the line.
Freight services do not operate over the route aside from the occasional engineering train. A restriction now prevents mainline locomotives from entering the station.[citation needed] General goods facilities were withdrawn and the old goods yard closed back in the late 1960s, though the now-closed Albright and Wilson chemical works a mile or so to the east had a rail connection up until closure in 1988.[8] This received regular trainloads of phosphoric acid from the company's plant in Cumbria until the early 1980s.[9]
References
- ^ King 2019, pp. 85–86.
- ^ "Subterranea Britannica - NEW HOLLAND PIER STATION". Archived from the original on 22 February 2009. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
- ^ Osgerby, Trevor (6 April 2010). "Barton and Beyond". The Historian. The Historian. p. 3. Archived from the original on 26 November 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ Barton-on-Humber station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 23 January 2017
- ^ Northern Rail Timetable 31 - Barton-on-Humber to CleethorpesNorthern Rail; Retrieved 13 January 2020
- ^ "May Milestone for MML Timetable". Modern Railways. No. 872. May 2021. p. 23.
- ^ "Local Train and Bus Information - Friends of the Barton Line". e-voice.org.uk. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ^ Attractions and points of interest along the Barton lineFriends of the Barton Line; Retrieved 6 December 2013
- ^ "Freight operations on the Barton on Humber line"Lincolnshire Rail Gallery; Retrieved 5 May 2016
Sources
- King, Paul (2019). The Railways of North-east Lincolnshire, Part 2: Stations. ISBN 978-1-9164603-1-7.
External links
- Train times and station information for Barton-on-Humber railway station from National Rail
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Terminus | East Midlands Railway |