Ulceby railway station
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Ulceby railway station serves the village of Ulceby, North Lincolnshire
near Immingham
in North East Lincolnshire
, England
. It was built by the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway
in 1848 and is located at Ulceby Skitter
.
It is managed by Northern Rail
and served by their trains on the Barton Line
between Cleethorpes
and Barton-on-Humber
.
The station layout is somewhat unusual in that all passenger trains use a single platform, even though the station is located on a double track line. There are junctions at either end of the station, as the branch line from Habrough
to Barton-on-Humber meets and then diverges from the busy freight-only line from Brocklesby
to Immingham Dock
. These junctions, and the adjacent level crossing
are controlled from Ulceby Junction signal box
at the southern end of the station.
Ulceby, North Lincolnshire
Ulceby is a village, civil parish and Post town of North Lincolnshire in EnglandUlceby is situated on the eastern side of North Lincolnshire roughly equidistant to Grimsby and Scunthorpe. Ulceby is a rural village surrounded by fields, forests, farms and nearby villages such as Kirmington, Wootton...
near Immingham
Immingham
Immingham is a town in North East Lincolnshire, located on the south bank of the Humber Estuary...
in North East Lincolnshire
North East Lincolnshire
North East Lincolnshire is a unitary authority in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, bordering the unitary authority of North Lincolnshire and the administrative county of Lincolnshire...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It was built by the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway
Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway
The Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway was an early British railway company which existed between 1845 and 1847 with the intention of providing rail services between Grimsby, New Holland and Gainsborough in the county of Lincolnshire...
in 1848 and is located at Ulceby Skitter
Ulceby Skitter
Ulceby Skitter is a hamlet in North Lincolnshire, England. It is just to the east of Ulceby, adjacent to Ulceby railway station....
.
It is managed by Northern Rail
Northern Rail
Northern Rail is a British train operating company that has operated local passenger services in Northern England since 2004. Northern Rail's owner, Serco-Abellio, is a consortium formed of Abellio and Serco, an international operator of public transport systems...
and served by their trains on the Barton Line
Barton Line
The Barton Line is a railway line in North and North East Lincolnshire. It runs from Barton-upon-Humber south east to Cleethorpes and was designated by the Department for Transport as a community rail line in February 2007....
between Cleethorpes
Cleethorpes railway station
Cleethorpes railway station is a rail terminus serving the seaside town of Cleethorpes in North East Lincolnshire. The station is operated by First TransPennine Express, and is also served by Northern Rail and East Midlands Trains....
and Barton-on-Humber
Barton-on-Humber railway station
Barton-on-Humber railway station serves the town of Barton-upon-Humber in North Lincolnshire, England.The station, which was once the terminus of a branch line from New Holland, is nowadays the terminus of the Barton Line services operating from Cleethorpes. It is situated west of the resort...
.
The station layout is somewhat unusual in that all passenger trains use a single platform, even though the station is located on a double track line. There are junctions at either end of the station, as the branch line from Habrough
Habrough railway station
Habrough railway station serves the village of Habrough and the town of Immingham in North East Lincolnshire, England. It was built by the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway in 1848...
to Barton-on-Humber meets and then diverges from the busy freight-only line from Brocklesby
Brocklesby
Brocklesby is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The village is 1 mile south of Habrough, 4 miles southwest of Immingham, close to the border of both North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire, and near Humberside International Airport...
to Immingham Dock
Immingham Dock
Immingham Dock is a port facility, with linking railways, opened upstream from Grimsby by the Great Central Railway in 1912. It was first conceived in 1874, during the company's Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway days, after test borings north-west of Grimsby had been made by marine...
. These junctions, and the adjacent level crossing
Level crossing
A level crossing occurs where a railway line is intersected by a road or path onone level, without recourse to a bridge or tunnel. It is a type of at-grade intersection. The term also applies when a light rail line with separate right-of-way or reserved track crosses a road in the same fashion...
are controlled from Ulceby Junction signal box
Signal box
On a rail transport system, signalling control is the process by which control is exercised over train movements by way of railway signals and block systems to ensure that trains operate safely, over the correct route and to the proper timetable...
at the southern end of the station.