Cleethorpes railway station
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| Location | |||
| Place | Cleethorpes | ||
| Local authority | North East Lincolnshire | ||
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| Station code | CLE | ||
| Managed by | First TransPennine Express | ||
| Platforms in use | 3 | ||
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| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 0.208 million | ||
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| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Cleethorpes from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Cleethorpes railway station is a rail terminus serving the 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.
The station has the PlusBus scheme where train and bus tickets can be bought together at a saving, it is in the same area as Grimsby Docks and Grimsby stations.
[edit] History
Cleethorpes station was opened in 1850 by what later became the Great Central Railway and linked the coastal resort to Sheffield and Manchester.
In the 1970s, Cleethorpes station had a twice-daily return service to London King's Cross, typically hauled by a Class 55 locomotive.
Until 1985 the station and surrounding area was still controlled by a mechanical signalbox with full semaphore signalling, including double track throughout to Grimsby and beyond. However, a resignalling scheme saw the line to Grimsby singled, the amount of platforms reduced to 4 (and a non passenger line called Diesel Fuelling Road, which used to be platform 6) and the signalbox closed, with all signalling controlled from Pasture Street in Grimsby.
Even after resignalling until the withdrawal of locomotive hauled cross pennine services and the through Kings Cross service, evening time at Cleethorpes was a very busy time with most arrivals requiring cleaning through the carriage washer, fuelling on the small fuel point and shunting into the various departure positions for the following morning. Locomotives returned to Immingham TMD for overnight servicing, and the HST from Kings Cross was fuelled at the fuelling point at the rear of what used to be called Hawkeys Cafe via a back line that went round the back of the Wash Plant control building and joined up with the old Platform 6 line.
The 1980s saw services degrade as platforms became unused. As of 2004 only platforms 2 and 3 remained in use, but as of 2007, Platform 1 has reopened and all platforms have recently been fitted with new information displays. Other platforms at the station remain unused are in a state of neglect as sand has blown from the nearby beach onto the lines and formed drifts. Platform 1 is used by only First TransPennine Express Services to Manchester, Platform 2 for Northern Rail services to Barton on Humber, and Platform 3 for Peak hour services to Sheffield Midland.
About half a mile north are the station's disused cleaning facilities.
First TransPennine Express have built a small depot, to provide stabling, light maintenance and re-fueling at Cleethorpes.
[edit] Services
- First TransPennine Express
TransPennine Express operate an hourly service at Cleethorpes each way from/to Manchester Airport-Sheffield-Doncaster.
- Northern Rail
Northern Rail operate a mainly two hourly service at Cleehtorpes each way from/to Barton.
- East Midlands Trains
East Midlands Trains operate a very limited timetable at Cleethorpes with just one morning from Cleethorpes and one eveing to Cleethorpes service Monday - Friday. East Midlands Trains operate three services in each way at Cleethorpes on Sundays in the Summer.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Cleethorpes railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Grimsby Town | First TransPennine Express South TransPennine |
Terminus | ||
| Grimsby Town | Northern Rail Sheffield-Grimsby |
Terminus | ||
| New Clee | Northern Rail Barton Line |
Terminus | ||
| Grimsby Town | East Midlands Trains Nottingham-Cleethorpes |
Terminus | ||
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