Riby Street Platform railway station

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Riby Street Platform
General information
Location Grimsby, Lincolnshire
England
Coordinates 53°34′34″N0°04′22″W / 53.5762°N 0.0729°W / 53.5762; -0.0729 Coordinates: 53°34′34″N0°04′22″W / 53.5762°N 0.0729°W / 53.5762; -0.0729
Grid reference TA277106
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Great Central Railway
Pre-grouping Great Central Railway
Post-grouping LNER
Key dates
by October 1904opened for unadvertised workmen service
4 June 1917 [1] public advertised service
April 1919reverted to unadvertised workmen service
14 April 1941 [2] closed
Railways around Grimsby Docks railway station in 1914 Frodingham & Grimsby RJD 142.jpg
Railways around Grimsby Docks railway station in 1914

Riby Street Platform was a railway station which served the Riby Street area of Grimsby from 1904 to 1941. It was opened by the Great Central Railway to serve the first dock in Grimsby but was closed during World War II and never reopened. A source with local knowledge refers to the station as "Riby Street Platforms". [3]

Contents

The station was known as "Skateknob Junction" by workers at the nearby fish docks. [4] [5] It consisted of two narrow wooden platforms connected by a footbridge. [6] Although the platforms had been removed, the footbridge was still plain to see in 1961. [7]

Services

The station was opened in 1904 aiming at services for workers at the adjacent docks, most of which were unadvertised. Public advertised service only 1917-1919 and accordingly it is not shown in the July 1922 Bradshaw. [8]

Aftermath

By 2015 no trace of the station could be found. The line through the station site had been reduced to single track, but a regular passenger service to Cleethorpes. No railborne fish traffic had been carried from Grimsby for many years.

Historical railways
Line and station open
 Great Central Railway
Line and station open

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References

  1. ↑ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 362
  2. ↑ Croughton, Kidner & Young 1982, p. 118.
  3. ↑ King 2019, p. 62.
  4. ↑ The station in historical context Grimsby Telegraph
  5. ↑ King & Hewins 1989, p. 33.
  6. ↑ The station from the air in 1937 Britain from Above (free login needed to zoom)
  7. ↑ King & Hewins 1989, Photo 62.
  8. ↑ Bradshaw 1985, p xlix & p714.

Sources

  • Bradshaw, George (1985) [July 1922]. Bradshaw's General Railway and Steam Navigation guide for Great Britain and Ireland: A reprint of the July 1922 issue. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN   978-0-7153-8708-5. OCLC   12500436.
  • 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.
  • 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.
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