Barton Line
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| Locale | North Lincolnshire North East Lincolnshire Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Termini | Barton-on-Humber 53°41′20″N 0°26′37″W / 53.6889°N 0.4435°W Cleethorpes 53°33′43″N 0°01′45″W / 53.5620°N 0.0292°W |
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| Rolling stock | British Rail Class 142 British Rail Class 153 British Rail Class 156 |
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The Barton Line is a railway line in North and North East Lincolnshire. It runs from Barton-upon-Humber south east to Cleethorpes and was designated by the Department for Transport as a community rail line in February 2007. Barton station is near to the Humber Bridge. It is situated on the south bank of the Humber Estuary
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[edit] Places served
The towns and villages served by the route are listed below.
- Barton-upon-Humber
- Barrow Haven
- New Holland
- Goxhill
- Thornton Abbey (Not the first service)
- Ulceby
- Habrough
- Stallingborough
- Healing
- Great Coates (Not the first service)
- Grimsby Town
- Grimsby Docks (Not the first service)
- New Clee (Limited service)
- Cleethorpes
[edit] Services
Passenger services on the line are provided by Northern Rail. Freight services previously served the chemical plant at Barton-upon-Humber and the sidings at New Holland Pier. Services are operated by one Class 153 unit every 2 hours in each direction. Before Class 153s started operating Pacers and Class 150s were used. On Mondays - Saturday, the first service of the day from Cleethorpes to Barton-on-Humber, the 06:00 departure, and the 06:58 return is operated by a First TransPennine Express Class 185 Desiro unit, although this service does not call at Great Coates and Thornton Abbey due to the low platforms. New Clee is only served by trains at request only during daylight hours only. Since the closure of the chemical plant all traces of freight operation are extinct on the route, although an occasional service has operated from the bulk terminal at New Holland.
[edit] History
The New Holland to Grimsby Town section of the line follows the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway, opened in 1848.
[edit] References
Coordinates: 53°36′00″N 0°14′18″W / 53.6001°N 0.2384°W
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