Grimsby Pier railway station

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Grimsby Pier
General information
Location Grimsby, Lincolnshire
England
Coordinates 53°34′59″N0°04′17″W / 53.583121°N 0.071489°W / 53.583121; -0.071489
Grid reference TA277114
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway
Pre-grouping Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
Key dates
1 August 1853 [1] Opened
1939 [2] Closed Completely
Railways around Grimsby Docks railway station in 1914 Frodingham & Grimsby RJD 142.jpg
Railways around Grimsby Docks railway station in 1914

Grimsby Pier railway station was sited on the north Royal Dock pier in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England, between the Tidal Basin arm and the Accumulator Tower.

Contents

The station opened in 1853, but sources differ on when it closed. Dow is insistent that it closed in the 1870s and was converted into an Emigrants' Home, [2] Butt supports this with a date of 1879 [3] and Anderson gives 1880. [4] Croughton claims it closed at the outbreak of the First World War, [5] whilst a reply to an enquiry to The Railway Magazine implied the station closed at the outbreak of The Second World War. [6] OS Maps corroborate the first three.

Boat trains undoubtedly continued to run to the quayside at Grimsby [7] [8] up to 1939, but a station, as such, at the pier was not needed. Passengers were assisted off trains and escorted direct to adjacent ships and vice versa, much as at Immingham Eastern Jetty.

As the conversion of the station to an Emigrants' Home suggests, the erstwhile Pier Station was used as transit accommodation for people making their way to the New World, typically arriving from Europe by ship then travelling via the GCR to Liverpool for final embarkation. [9]

The station was accessed via a spur from Grimsby Docks station.

The substantial building survived until at least 1960 [10] but by 2015 no trace remained.

Services

The station was used by Great Central Railway emigrant trains to Liverpool and boat trains across the North Sea, principally to Hamburg. [6]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Grimsby Pyewipe Road   MSLR  Terminus
Grimsby Docks   MSLR  Terminus

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References

  1. ↑ Dow 1985, p. 153.
  2. 1 2 Dow 1962, p. 148.
  3. ↑ Butt 1995, p. 110.
  4. ↑ Anderson 1992, p. 75.
  5. ↑ Croughton, Kidner & Young 1982, p. 82.
  6. 1 2 Cooke 1968, p. 314.
  7. ↑ Dow 1965, p. 244.
  8. ↑ Man 2016, pp. 19–21.
  9. ↑ King & Hewins 1989, p. 19.
  10. ↑ King 2019, p. 60.

Sources

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