Grimsby Pier railway station

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
Status	Disused
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

v t e Passenger lines of North East Lincolnshire
Legend
Hull Corporation Pier Barton- on-Humber Humber Ferry Barrow Haven New Holland Pier New Holland engine shed New Holland Town New Holland Goxhill East Halton Killingholme Admiralty Platform Thornton Abbey Killingholme Thornton Curtis Immingham West Jn Humber Road Jn Immingham Western Jetty Ulceby Aerodrome Platform Eastfield Road Ulceby North Jn Immingham Dock Ulceby Dock Entrance Immingham engine shed Immingham Eastern Jetty Immingham Queens Road Immingham Dock Immingham Town Eastern Entrance to Immingham Dock Sheffield– Lincoln line & South Humberside Main Line Immingham Halt Habrough Kiln Lane Stallingborough Marsh Road LC Healing No.5 Passing Place Great Coates Great Coates LC Pyewipe Depot Halt Pyewipe car sheds Cleveland Bridge Grimsby Pyewipe Road West Marsh Jn East Marsh Jn Cleveland Street Stortford Street Grimsby Town Boulevard Recreation Ground East Lincolnshire Rlwy to Boston Jackson Street Grimsby engine shed Yarborough Street Grimsby Docks Corporation Bridge Grimsby Pier Riby Street Platform New Clee Cleethorpes Kingsway (CCLR) Discovery Lakeside Central North Sea Lane Humberston North Sea Lane Beach South Sea Lane Lincolnshire Coast Lt Rly 1960–1985

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.

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

References

1. Dow 1985, p. 153.
2. Dow 1962, p. 148.
3. Butt 1995, p. 110.
4. Anderson 1992, p. 75.
5. Croughton, Kidner & Young 1982, p. 82.
6. 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

• Anderson, Paul (1992). Railway of Lincolnshire. Oldham: Irwell Press. ISBN   978-1-871608-30-4.
• Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL   11956311M.
• Cooke, B.W.C., ed. (May 1968). "Railway steamers from Grimsby". The Railway Magazine . Vol. 114, no. 805. London: IPC Transport Press Ltd. ISSN   0033-8923.
• 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 (1985) [1959]. Great Central, Volume One: The Progenitors, 1813-1863. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN   978-0-7110-1468-8. OCLC   60021205.
• Dow, George (1962). Great Central, Volume Two Dominion of Watkin 1864-1899. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN   978-0-7110-1469-5. OCLC   655324061.
• Dow, George (1965). Great Central, Volume Three: Fay Sets the Pace, 1900–1922. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN   978-0-7110-0263-0. OCLC   500447049.
• King, Paul K (2019). The Railways of North-east Lincolnshire Part 2 Stations. Grimsby: Pyewipe Publications. ISBN   978-1-9164603-1-7.
• King, Paul K.; Hewins, Dave R. (1989). Scenes from the Past: 5 The Railways around Grimsby, Cleethorpes, Immingham and North-east Lincolnshire. Stockport: Foxline Publishing. ISBN   978-1-870119-04-7.
• Man, Captain J. (March 2016) [1927]. Gellatly, Bob (ed.). "The Grimsby Continental Service and Its History". Forward. 187. Sheffield: Great Central Railway Society. ISSN   0141-4488.

External links

• The former station on an 1888 OS map National Library of Scotland