New Holland Pier railway station

New Holland Pier
The station on New Holland Pier in March 1981. The ferry service was due to cease operating on 24th June 1981 when the Humber Bridge opened. The station looks very dilapidated in its last months.
Location
Place	New Holland
Area	Lincolnshire
Coordinates	53°42′31″N 0°21′58″W / 53.7086°N 0.3662°W / 53.7086; -0.3662Coordinates: 53°42′31″N 0°21′58″W / 53.7086°N 0.3662°W / 53.7086; -0.3662
Operations
Original company	Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Central Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Platforms	2
History
1 March 1848	opened
24 June 1981	closed
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New Holland Pier railway station was a station north of the village of New Holland in North Lincolnshire, England. It was situated at the northern end of the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway and formed a connection with the ferry to Kingston upon Hull.

Location

The station was at the seaward end of the 1,375 feet (419 m) New Holland Pier.^[1]

History

The station was opened on 1 March 1848^[2] as the northern terminus of the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway from New Holland to Grimsby Town, with trains using the pier from the first day.^[1] It was closed and the ferry withdrawn on 24 June 1981 on the same day that the Humber Bridge opened.^[3] New Holland pier was taken over by New Holland Bulk Services who started a grain and feed import and export business in 1984.^[4]

Both New Holland Pier and New Holland Town stations were replaced by a new New Holland railway station in 1981.

Route

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
New Holland Town Line and station closed		Great Central Railway Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway		Terminus
	Historical railways
Terminus		Sealink (Ferry)		Hull Victoria Pier

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "New Holland: 1803 until the Present Day". http://www.pluralist.freeuk.com/newholl/history.html. Retrieved 21 March 2009. 
2. ^ "Disused Stations". Subterranea Britannica. http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/s/new_holland_pier. 
3. ^ "The Humber paddle steamers in 1970's". http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.enefer/newholland/newhollandferries.htm. Retrieved 21 March 2009. 
4. ^ "New Holland (Old Ferry Terminal)". http://www.ports.org.uk/port.asp?id=44. Retrieved 21 March 2009.