Goxhill railway station

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Goxhill National Rail
Location
Place Goxhill
Local authority North Lincolnshire
Coordinates 53°40′36″N 0°20′14″W / 53.67668°N 0.33734°W / 53.67668; -0.33734Coordinates: 53°40′36″N 0°20′14″W / 53.67668°N 0.33734°W / 53.67668; -0.33734
Grid reference TA099213
Operations
Station code GOX
Managed by Northern Rail
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05   22,903
2005/06 Decrease 21,489
2006/07 Decrease 20,871
2007/08 Increase 22,531
2008/09 Increase 22,712
2009/10 Decrease 21,148
2010/11 Decrease 18,834
2011/12 Increase 19,820
History
Original company Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway
Pre-grouping Great Central Railway
Post-grouping LNER
1 March 1848 opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Goxhill from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
Portal icon UK Railways portal

Goxhill railway station serves the village of Goxhill in North Lincolnshire, England. It was built by the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway in 1848. The station is on the Barton Line 17 miles (27 km) north west of Cleethorpes and all trains serving it are operated by Northern Rail.

It is the last station, when travelling from Cleethorpes towards Barton, to still have two platforms and the original station buildings. The buildings are no longer in railway use (the station has been unstaffed since 1969) and are in private ownership.[1] The station signal box controls a nearby level crossing that still (as of summer 2013) has manually-wound wooden gates rather than modern lifting barriers.

Between 1911 & 1963, it was also the junction for the Barton & Immingham Light Railway line to Immingham Dock via Killingholme.[2][3] This route was single line throughout and left the present route just south of the station.

Services

The station has a two-hourly service in each direction on weekdays & Saturdays, with a bus connection to/from Hull Paragon available at Barton.[4] The first train to Barton-on-Humber is operated by a First TransPennine Express Class 185 and so is a three-car set, but only the centre car is used due to platform length restrictions.[citation needed] All other services are operated by a Class 153 including the Sunday service in the summer (May to September), which is limited to four trips each way. No Sunday service operates for the remainder of the year.

References

  1. ↑ Goxhill Railway Station - BCCRPwww.yccrp.co.uk; Retrieved 2013-12-06
  2. ↑ The Changing Face of Immingham Docks StationGrimsby Telegraph; Retrieved 2013-12-06
  3. ↑ British Industrial History:- Barton & Immingham Light RailwayGraces Guide; Retrieved 2013-12-06
  4. ↑ Northern Rail Timetable 31: Barton-on-Humber to CleethorpesNorthern Rail; Retrieved 2013-12-06

External links

Preceding station   National Rail   Following station
Northern Rail
Disused railways
Terminus Great Central Railway
Barton and Immingham Light Railway
Line and station closed
Historical railways
New Holland Town
Line open, station closed
 Great Central Railway
Line and station open
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.