New Holland railway station

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Location
New Holland
Place	New Holland
Local authority	North Lincolnshire
Operations
Station code	NHL
Managed by	Northern Rail
Platforms in use
Annual entry/exit 04/05	0.023 million **
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The present day New Holland railway station is a single platform affair which serves the village of New Holland in North Lincolnshire, England. The station is situated on the Barton-on-Humber line 31 km (17¼ miles) east of Cleethorpes, and all trains serving it are operated by Northern Rail.

The original station, named New Holland Town, was built by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway and was situated a few yards towards the River Humber at the landward end of New Holland Pier, a jetty, some 1500 feet in length which served a ferry service to Hull. At the pier head was situated another station known as New Holland Pier. As one of the early aims of the M.S. & L.R. was to reach Hull the pierhead at New Holland became its "Up" terminus. This was later changed to Grimsby and on completion of the "London Extension" to Marylebone.

Because of these early aims the railway company bought out the rights of the New Holland Ferry. These rights transferred to the Great Central Railway, the London & North Eastern Railway and, on nationalisation, British Railways. The ferry service was closed on the opening of the Humber Bridge and the New Holland Pier station closed. The present day station at New Holland opened to serve the community, replacing the original which closed on the same day.

New Holland was a railway community, the majority of the housing being built by the company to house its workers. It played an important part in railway life for it was here that the railway company laundry was situated and special laundry vans brought the soiled washing from the companies stations, restaurant cars and hotels. Also centred here were the companys wagon sheet repair shops, skills used in the repair of sails could be put to a railway use.

[edit] Services

Monday to Saturdays there is generally a two-hourly service to Barton-on-Humber to Grimsby Town and Cleethorpes. There is a service Summer Sundays also.