Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway

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Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway
Overview
HeadquartersGrimsby, England
Dates of operation1845–1847
PredecessorGrimsby Docks Company
SuccessorManchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
GG&SJR
Legend
New Holland – Grimsby line
 New Holland Pier
New Holland Town
Barton line
to Barton
 New Holland
Goxhill
Barton & Immingham Lt Rly
to Immingham Dock
 Thornton Abbey
Thornton Curtis
Barton & Immingham Lt Rly
to Immingham Dock
 Ulceby
Sheffield–Lincoln line
to Barnetby
 Habrough
Stallingborough
Healing
Great Coates
West Marsh Junction
Grimsby District Lt Rly
 Grimsby Town
East Lincolnshire Railway
to Louth and Boston
Barton line
to Cleethorpes

The Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway was an early

Sheffield, Ashton-Under-Lyne and Manchester Railway and the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway, the three being renamed the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
in 1847.

History

The company

As a company, it was the oldest of the three, having begun in 1796 as the Grimsby Haven Company, when the harbour was enlarged. When new fishing grounds were discovered on the Dogger Bank trade increased and in 1845 the Grimsby Haven became part of the Grimsby Docks Company. Five of its directors were also on the board of the proposed Great Grimsby & Sheffield Junction Railway, intended to connect with the proposed Sheffield and Lincolnshire line. The decision was taken to amalgamate the two undertakings.

Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway Act 1845
Act of Parliament
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Act 1849
Status: Repealed

Both the SA&MR and the S&LJR were well represented on the board and it was the latter's engineer who had carried out the survey in 1844. He offered three alternatives, via

Lincoln
.

Lines and stations

The first board meeting of the amalgamated Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway took place on 6 January 1847. Work concentrated on the section between

Lincoln. The first included stations at Brocklesby and Barnetby. The latter had stations at Moortown, Holton Le Moor, Usselby, Wickenby, Langworth and Reepham. The section between Brigg and Gainsborough opened in 1849, with stations at Scawby and Hibaldstow, Kirton Lindsey, Northorpe and Blyton
.

Officers

See also

References

  1. ^ "Hansard, – Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway Bill". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 6 June 1845. Retrieved 18 March 2009.
  2. ISBN 071101468X
    .
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