19850223_ZD_AdrianNicols
Class 114 DMU set at Barton-on-Humber. 09/06/84.
One of the Lincoln allocated 2-car class 114 'Derby Heavyweight' DMU sets synonymous with the area at the time is seen at the branch terminus of Barton-on-Humber., It will depart as train 2C13 the 13.00 to Cleethorpes after its 7 minute layover from arriving with the 11.56 ex Cleethorpes. This austere terminus on the Humber marshes has always been the end of the line serving the small town of Barton-on-Humber. It was promoted by the Great Grimsby & Sheffield Junction Railway but was actually opened on 1st March 1849 by the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway who absorbed the GG&SJR in 1848., The main purpose of the branch from Haborough on the mainline was to serve New Holland Pier where the railway established a frequent steamer ferry service across the Humber to Hull. The completion of the 'Humber Bridge' road crossing in 1981 resulted in the ferries being withdrawn and the branch onto the pier closed on 24/06/81. From that date trains no longer reversed at New Holland Pier to reach Barton-on-Humber and instead ran direct using what was previously a freight only curve from Oxmarsh Junction to Barrow Road Junction which had existed solely for freight trains running to the Associated Chemical Works east of Barton and accessed off the branch.
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