Goxhill railway station

Goxhill
Location	Goxhill, North Lincolnshire England
Coordinates	53°40′36″N 0°20′14″W / 53.67668°N 0.33734°W / 53.67668; -0.33734Coordinates: 53°40′36″N 0°20′14″W / 53.67668°N 0.33734°W / 53.67668; -0.33734
Grid reference	TA099213
Managed by	East Midlands Railway
Platforms	2[1]
Other information
Station code	GOX
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Central Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
1 March 1848	opened
Passengers
2015/16	13,178
2016/17	13,334
2017/18	14,362
2018/19	13,716
2019/20	12,432
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

show v t Passenger lines of North East Lincolnshire
Legend
Hull Corporation Pier Barton- on-Humber Humber Ferry Barrow Haven New Holland Pier New Holland engine shed New Holland Town New Holland Goxhill East Halton Killingholme Admiralty Platform Thornton Abbey Killingholme Thornton Curtis Immingham West Jn Immingham Western Jetty Ulceby Aerodrome Platform Humber Road Jn Ulceby North Jn Immingham Dock Ulceby Dock Entrance Immingham engine shed Immingham Eastern Jetty Immingham Queens Road Immingham Dock Immingham Town Eastern Entrance to Immingham Dock Sheffield– Lincoln line & South Humberside Main Line Immingham Halt Habrough Kiln Lane Stallingborough Marsh Road LC Healing No.5 Passing Place Great Coates Great Coates LC Pyewipe Depot Halt Pyewipe car sheds Cleveland Bridge Grimsby Pyewipe Road West Marsh Jn East Marsh Jn Cleveland Street Stortford Street Grimsby Town Boulevard Recreation Ground East Lincolnshire Rlwy to Boston Jackson Street Grimsby engine shed Yarborough Street Grimsby Docks Corporation Bridge Grimsby Pier Riby Street Platform New Clee Cleethorpes Kingsway (CCLR) Discovery Lakeside Central North Sea Lane Humberston North Sea Lane Beach South Sea Lane Lincolnshire Coast Lt Rly 1960–1985

Goxhill railway station serves the village of Goxhill in North Lincolnshire, England. It was built by the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway in 1848. The station is on the Barton Line 17 miles (27 km) north west of Cleethorpes and all trains serving it are operated by East Midlands Railway.

It is the last station, when travelling from Cleethorpes towards Barton, to still have two platforms and the original station buildings. The buildings are no longer in railway use (the station has been unstaffed since 1969) and are in private ownership.^[2] The station signal box controls a nearby level crossing that still (as of summer 2016) has manually-wound wooden gates rather than modern lifting barriers. Since the main line was re-signalled in January 2016, the box has become the 'fringe' on this route to the York Rail Operating Centre.

Between 1911 and 1963, it was also the junction for the Barton & Immingham Light Railway line to Immingham Dock via Killingholme.^[3][4] This route was single line throughout and left the present route just south of the station.

Facilities[]

The station is unmanned and has only basic amenities - a single shelter on the southbound platform, a payphone and timetable poster boards on each side. Tickets must be purchased prior to travel or on the train. Step-free access is available to each side via the level crossing.^[5]

Goxhill Station was notable for being the last operational British Rail railway station to retain original Eastern Region of British Railways enamelled "totem" signs on the platform lamp-posts - one or two of these were dark-reddish/maroon rather than Eastern Region ultramarine dark blue, the reason for this being unclear.^{[citation needed]} These totems were finally replaced with more modern-style signage towards the end of 1988.^{[citation needed]}

Services[]

All services at Goxhill are operated by East Midlands Railway using Class 156 DMUs.

The typical Monday-Saturday service is one train every two hours between Cleethorpes and Barton-on-Humber.^[6]

There is a Sunday service of four trains per day in each direction during the summer months only. There are no winter Sunday services at the station.

Services were previously operated by Northern Trains but transferred to East Midlands Railway as part of the May 2021 timetable changes.^[7][8]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
New Holland		East Midlands Railway Barton Line		Thornton Abbey
Historical railways
New Holland Town Line and station closed		Great Central Railway Barton and Immingham Light Railway		East Halton Line and station closed
		Great Central Railway Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway		Thornton Abbey Line and station open

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Goxhill railway station.

• Train times and station information for Goxhill railway station from National Rail
• 2011 Photo of Station, looking south (Geograph.org)