Holton Village Halt railway station

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Holton Village Halt
Holton-le-Clay-railway-station.jpg
Location Holton-le-Clay, East Lindsey
England
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Eastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
11 December 1905Opened
11 September 1961Closed
December 1980Closure of line

Holton Village Halt was a railway halt on the East Lincolnshire Railway [1] which served the village of Holton-le-Clay in Lincolnshire between 1905 and 1961. The station, which opened as part of a new motor train service between Grimsby and Louth, was the second station to serve the village after Holton-le-Clay and Tetney situated further to the south. The line through Holton-le-Clay remained open for freight until December 1980.

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History

The station was opened on 11 December 1905 [2] to coincide with the introduction of a motor train service by the Great Northern Railway. [3] It was the second station opened on the East Lincolnshire Line to serve the village of Holton-le-Clay in Lincolnshire. Holton-le-Clay and Tetney had opened in 1848 [2] but was over a mile to the south of the village and more convenient for Tetney to the east, [4] whilst Holton Village Halt was in the village itself. [3] The station had two low parallel railmotor platforms to the south of a level crossing over Tetney Lane, with a timber waiting shelter and lamp on each platform. [5] A stationhouse was situated on the north side of the crossing. [6] It was of more substantial construction than the other halts on the line, [7] such as Grainsby Halt which was unlit and had only one passenger shelter. [8]

Although the July 1922 timetable shows that passenger services only called at the station upon request, [9] by August 1961 a total of seven trains from Grimsby called on weekdays, with an extra train running on Fridays. [7] The station closed to passengers on 11 September 1961; [10] it outlasted the earlier Holton-le-Clay station to the south by six years. [10]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Waltham
Line and station closed		  Great Northern Railway
East Lincolnshire Line 		  Holton-le-Clay
Line and station closed

Present day

The halt was demolished by British Rail long before final closure of the line in December 1980 and little remains of it today. [11] [12] The level crossing gates to the south have survived and the stationhouse is in private occupation. [6] The village of Holton-le-Clay has expanded over the fields which bordered the line, which has led one author to speculate that the East Lincolnshire Railway, if it had remained open, would have become a vital link between the village and Grimsby. [7]

On 28 September 1991, a Light Railway Order authorised the reinstatement of the East Lincolnshire Railway between Waltham and the former Keddington Road level crossing near Louth, which would include the line up to Holton-le-Clay station. [13]

The Lincolnshire Wolds Railway plans to extend the line up to Holton-Le-Clay station. The former village halt has now been built over with a housing development and the track bed to the south re-developed.

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References

  1. ↑ Conolly 2004, p. 22, section F2.
  2. 1 2 Butt 1995, p. 122.
  3. 1 2 Ludlam 1991, p. 93.
  4. ↑ Goode 1985, p. 53.
  5. ↑ Ludlam 1991, p. 89.
  6. 1 2 "Disused Stations". Subterranea Britannica.
  7. 1 2 3 King & Hewins 1998, fig. 36.
  8. ↑ King & Hewins 1998, fig. 175.
  9. ↑ Ludlam 1991, pp. 111-112.
  10. 1 2 Clinker 1978, p. 64.
  11. ↑ Stennett 2007, p. 41.
  12. ↑ Ludlam 1991, p. 150.
  13. ↑ "The Grimsby and Louth Light Railway Order 1991 (S.I. 1991 No. 2210)". Office of Public Sector Information. 28 September 1991. Retrieved 14 September 2010.

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