Английская Википедия:Immingham (Eastern Jetty) railway station
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Шаблон:Passenger Lines of North East Lincolnshire Immingham (Eastern Jetty) railway station was a special excursion station built along the port's eastern jettyШаблон:Sfn to cater for traffic to passenger ships on cruises to the North Cape, Norwegian Fjords and the Baltic.
The station was not much more than a long wooden platform along the jetty. It was only used for the transfer of the passengers and luggage from train to ship and vice versa so little in the way of facilities was needed or provided. The critical provision was numerous staff to guide travellers and handle their belongings.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
Traffic
The cruise ships sometimes berthed in the dock itself,Шаблон:Sfn[1] but usually they moored at the seaward side of the jetty where they were adjacent to all-First Class, Restaurant Car special trains.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn These operated along two routes:
- to and from Шаблон:Rws and Шаблон:Rws with a connecting carriage from Liverpool Central, and
- to and from Шаблон:Rws, travelling either via Шаблон:Rws and the Waleswood Curve or via the LDECR and Шаблон:Rws.Шаблон:Sfn In both cases they then used the main line via Шаблон:Rws.
Locomotives
Originally these trains were hauled by Great Central Railway 4-6-0 locomotivesШаблон:Sfn but following grouping in 1922 Great Northern Railway motive power took many of them over.Шаблон:Sfn
Spectacle
Visits by such ships drew crowds of sightseers and passed into local folklore, none more so than the vessel Шаблон:SS which was torpedoed in 1940 with heavy loss of life.
Closure
The cruises terminated in 1939, just prior to the Second World War. Although the platform remained for some time, the station was effectively closed. One source suggests GCR passenger vessels plied between here, Antwerp, Hamburg and Rotterdam.Шаблон:Sfn
Afterlife
By 2015 the tracks on the jetty had long been lifted, but the structure remained well used, handling oils, spirits, and liquid chemicals.
Liners known to have used Immingham
- SS Arandora StarШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
- SS AvonШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
- SS CalgaricШаблон:Sfn
- SS Empress of AustraliaШаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
- SS OrfordШаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
- SS OrontesШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
References
Sources
- Шаблон:Cite book
- Шаблон:Butt-Stations
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- Шаблон:Croughton-PrivateStations
- Шаблон:Dow-GC3
- Шаблон:Cite journal
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External links
- The Eastern Jetty and tracks on a 1932 OS map National Library of Scotland
- The station Rail Map Online
- The Eastern Jetty in modern times World Port Source
- The Eastern Jetty and tracks Britain from Above (free login needed to zoom)
- Cruise ship train arriving at the Eastern Jetty Getty Images
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- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1939
- Former Great Central Railway stations
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