Waltham railway station
| Waltham | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Place | New Waltham |
| Area | North East Lincolnshire |
| Grid reference | TA283047 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | East Lincolnshire Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Northern Railway |
| Post-grouping |
London and North Eastern Railway Eastern Region of British Railways |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 1 March 1848 | Opened as Waltham and Humberstone |
| ? | Renamed |
| 11 September 1961 | Closed to passengers |
| 15 June 1964 | Goods facilities withdrawn |
| December 1980 | Closure of line |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Waltham was a railway station on the East Lincolnshire Railway which served the villages of New Waltham and Humberston in Lincolnshire between 1848 and 1964. It was originally named Waltham and Humberstone, but Humberstone was dropped soon after opening. The line through Waltham remained open for freight until December 1980.
The station opened on 1 March 1848 as part of the East Lincolnshire Railway between Grimsby and Louth. It was constructed by contractor John Waring and Sons of Rotherham who, in December 1846, had agreed to construct the line for the sum of £46,102 (£NaN in 2017). The architects of the station buildings were John Grey Weightman and Matthew Ellison Hadfield of Sheffield.
The station was initially named Waltham and Humberstone, although it was in fact two miles from each village. It consisted of staggered platforms either side of a level crossing; the down platform to the north and the up to the south. The stationhouse, which was visible from the road, was situated on the south side of the crossing, on the down side of the line. Opposite, at the end of the lay a signal box of typical East Lincolnshire Railway construction; this controlled the crossing and a small goods yard adjacent to the down line. The yard initially handled coal and potatoes, but was later expanded to take cattle with the addition of a large cattle holding pen at its southern end. The goods yard was served by a single siding trailing off the down line which forked either side of the cattle pen. A row of three terraced railwayman's cottages were built on the south side of the crossing, adjacent to the signal box.
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