| Holton Village Halt | |
|---|---|
| Station site in 2007. | |
| Location | |
| Place | Holton-le-Clay |
| Area | East Lindsey |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Great Northern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway Eastern Region of British Railways |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 11 December 1905 | Opened |
| 11 September 1961 | Closed |
| December 1980 | Closure of line |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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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 the 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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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 |
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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.