Grainsby Halt railway station

Grainsby Halt was a railway halt on the East Lincolnshire Railway which served the hamlet of Grainsby in Lincolnshire between 1905 and 1952. The station, which opened as part of a new motor train service between Grimsby and Louth, was opened to serve a Victorian hall situated 2 miles to the west. The station, one of the smallest to be taken over by British Railways on nationalisation in 1947, never really justified its existence and closed in 1952 following a period of temporary closure during the Second World War. The line through Grainsby remained open for freight until December 1980.

The station was opened on 11 December 1905 to coincide with the introduction of a motor train service by the Great Northern Railway. It consisted of two low facing halt platforms to the south of the level crossing over Grainsby Lane; a small single-storey timber waiting shelter was provided on the up platform. It was not provided with any lighting, which made it very difficult to find on a dark night. A crossing keeper's cottage lay to the north of the crossing. The cottage was similar in design to the cottage at Fotherby Halt. The station was opened to serve Grainsby Hall, a Victorian country house situated 2 miles to the west. The house was occupied by the Haigh family, Halifax wool merchants who had inherited the estate in 1829. Once the home of George Henry Caton Haigh, the house stood empty for many years and was reputed to be haunted. It was demolished in 1972.

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