New Holland Pier | |
|---|---|
 The station on New Holland Pier in March 1981. The ferry service was due to cease operating on 24 June 1981 when the Humber Bridge opened. | |
| General information | |
| Location | New Holland, Lincolnshire England |
| Coordinates | 53°42′31″N 0°21′58″W / 53.7086°N 0.3662°W |
| Grid reference | TA079347 |
| Platforms | 2[1][2] |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Central Railway |
| Post-grouping | LNER |
| Key dates | |
| 1 March 1848 | opened |
| 24 June 1981 | closed |
New Holland Pier railway station is a former railway terminus in North Lincolnshire, England. It stood at the seaward end of the New Holland Pier, which juts 1,375 feet (419 m) northwards into the Humber estuary at the village of New Holland.[3][4] Its purpose was to enable railway passengers, vehicles and goods to transfer to and from ferries plying between New Holland and Hull.[5]
New Holland was a "railway village" in the sense that Crewe was a railway town. Expanding the dock, building the pier, the engine shed and the railway to it were promoted and started by the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway, though by the time services began that railway had merged with others to form the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway. For many years GCR laundry from restaurant cars and hotels was brought to New Holland for cleaning.[6]
- ^ Goode 1985, p. 69.
- ^ King 2019, pp. 82–83.
- ^ Dow 1985, p. 170.
- ^ Smith & Turner 2012, Map 22.
- ^ Burgess 2007, pp. 34–5.
- ^ King & Hewins 1989, p. 10.