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:

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

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  1. ↑ SS Calgaric, with the lines to the Eastern Jetty curving under the camera Getty Images
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