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Goxhill
General information
Location	Goxhill, North Lincolnshire England
Coordinates	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
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
2019/20	12,432
2020/21	1,510
2021/22	7,728
2022/23	9,828
2023/24	10,360
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

v t e 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 Humber Road Jn Immingham Western Jetty Ulceby Aerodrome Platform Eastfield Road 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. 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. 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.

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. These totems were finally replaced with more modern-style signage towards the end of 1988.

Services

All services at Goxhill are operated by East Midlands Railway using Class 170 DMUs.

The typical off-peak service is one train every two hours in each direction between Cleethorpes and Barton-on-Humber.

On Sundays, the station is served by four trains per day in each direction during the summer months only. No services call at the station on Sundays during the winter months.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
New Holland		East Midlands Railway Barton Line		Thornton Abbey
Historical railways
New Holland TownLine and station closed		Great Central RailwayBarton and Immingham Light Railway		East HaltonLine and station closed
		Great Central RailwayGreat Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway		Thornton AbbeyLine and station open

References

References

1. King 2019, pp. 79–80.
2. "Goxhill Railway Station – BCCRP" (PDF). yccrp.co.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
3. "The Changing Face of Immingham Docks Station". Grimsby Telegraph. 4 December 2009. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
4. "Barton & Immingham Light Railway". Grace's Guide to British Industrial History. 4 February 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
5. "Goxhill (GOX)". National Rail Enquiries.
6. Furness, Brennan, Richard, David (2002). British Railways Station Totems. Personal copy: Sutton Publishing.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
7. Table 28 National Rail timetable, June 2024

Sources

• King, Paul (2019). The Railways of North-east Lincolnshire, Part 2: Stations. Grimsby: Pyewipe Publications. ISBN 978-1-9164603-1-7.

External links

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

• Railway stations in the Borough of North Lincolnshire
• DfT Category F2 stations
• Former Great Central Railway stations
• Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1848
• Railway stations served by East Midlands Railway
• Former Northern franchise railway stations