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HALTON HOLGATE - 1950's - Opened in May 1868, Halton Holgate was the only intermediate station on the GNR branch from Firsby to Spilsby. Despite being very substantially built, the station was very small with only the one very short platform and a tiny goods yard. Passenger traffic ceased in September 1939 as a wartime emergency measure and was never reinstated. Freight services ceased in December 1958. Here we see the station after closure to passengers with a Class J6 0-6-0 passing through on branch freight.
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HALTON HOLGATE - 1950's - Opened in May 1868, Halton Holgate was the only intermediate station on the GNR branch from Firsby to Spilsby. Despite being very substantially built, the station was very small with only the one very short platform and a tiny goods yard. Passenger traffic ceased in September 1939 as a wartime emergency measure and was never reinstated. Freight services ceased in December 1958. Here we see the station after closure to passengers with a Class J6 0-6-0 passing through on branch freight.

  • HAINTON STREET HALT - 1961 - Hainton Street Halt was on the East Lincolnshire Railway which served the Welholme Road area of Grimsby between 1905 and 1961. The station was opened as part of a new motor train service between Grimsby and Louth. The station briefly closed in 1939 as a Second World War economy measure, but reopened in 1940. The line through Hainton Street remained open for freight until December 1980. The trackbed was later reused to construct the A16 Peaks Parkway. Seen here in August 1961, just a month before closure.
  • HALLINGTON - 1953 - Hallington Station was on the GNR Louth - Bardney branch and was the first west of Louth, opening in 1876. Hallington station had a single platform on the up side of the line with the main station building which incorporated the stationmaster's house and booking office at the west end close to the level crossing. A signalbox was sited on the down side of the line beyond the passenger platform; this controlled access to a goods loop and two short sidings, one serving a cattle dock. Cattle pens were sited behind the dock. After closure to passengers in 1951, Hallington remained open for goods traffic until 15th September 1956. The station building and part of the platform remain in use as a private house.
  • HALTON HOLGATE - 1950's - Opened in May 1868, Halton Holgate was the only intermediate station on the GNR branch from Firsby to Spilsby. Despite being very substantially built, the station was very small with only the one very short platform and a tiny goods yard. Passenger traffic ceased in September 1939 as a wartime emergency measure and was never reinstated. Freight services ceased in December 1958. Here we see the station after closure to passengers with a Class J6 0-6-0 passing through on branch freight.
  • HALTON HOLGATE - 1953 - Opened in May 1868, Halton Holgate was the only intermediate station on the GNR branch from Firsby to Spilsby. Despite being very substantially built, the station was very small with only the one very short platform and a tiny goods yard. Passenger traffic ceased in September 1939 as a wartime emergency measure and was never reinstated. Freight services ceased in December 1958. Here we see the station after closure to passengers.
  • HARMSTON - 1950's - Located on the Great Northern Railway line from Grantham to Lincoln, Harmston opened in 1867 and closed to passengers in 1962, although goods services lasted until 1965. It was fairly typical of the stations on this line with the stationmaster's house part of the station building.
  • HAVEN HOUSE - 1950's - According to the railway, Havenhouse according to everyone else. These days, the last stop before Skegness on the line from Boston. A pretty little station, which retained its somersault signals well into the 1980's. It boasts a service of two trains each way per day and in 2015/16 played host to 162 passengers. Here we see a K3 Class 2-6-0 on a returning Skegness excursion.
  • HAVEN HOUSE - 1970's - According to the railway, Havenhouse according to everyone else. These days, the last stop before Skegness on the line from Boston. A pretty little station, which retained its somersault signals well into the 1980's. It boasts a service of two trains each way per day and in 2015/16 played host to 162 passengers.
  • HAXEY - 1950's - Opened in July 1867 as Haxey, this station lay on the GN/GE Joint Line from Lincoln to Doncaster, the station was renamed Haxey & Epworth in May 1884, Epworth being a source of much traffic to the area. From January 1905, it provided the southern junction with the Isle of Axholme Railway, which had its own adjacent station. This closed in 1956 and in February 1959 Haxey lost its passenger services, closing to goods traffic in June 1964.
  • HAXEY - 1958 - Opened in July 1867 as Haxey, this station lay on the GN/GE Joint Line from Lincoln to Doncaster, the station was renamed Haxey & Epworth in May 1884, Epworth being a source of much traffic to the area. From January 1905, it provided the southern junction with the Isle of Axholme Railway, which had its own adjacent station. This closed in 1956 and in February 1959 Haxey lost its passenger services, closing to goods traffic in June 1964.
  • HEALING - 1950's - Opened in April 1881 by the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway on the line to Grimsby between Stallingborough and Great Coates. It is seen here looking east and is not too much changed today. It is served by local trains on the Lincoln to Grimsby services of East Midlands Railway and handles, in a normal year, about 9000 passengers per year.
  • HEALING - 1968 - Opened in April 1881 by the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway on the line to Grimsby between Stallingborough and Great Coates. It is seen here looking west from the goods yard and is not too much changed today, although the buildings on the platform have been removed, as has the goods yard. It is served by local trains on the Lincoln to Grimsby services of East Midlands Railway and handles, in a normal year, about 9000 passengers per year.
  • HECKINGTON - 1930's - On the Sleaford - Boston section of the Grantham - Skegness line, opened in 1863 and still open today, with annual passenger figures of around 150,000. On the left is the signalbox with the unique 8 sailed windmill behind it. Seen here looking west.
  • HECKINGTON - 1950's - On the Sleaford - Boston section of the Grantham - Skegness line, opened in 1863 and still open today, with annual passenger figures of around 150,000. On the right is the signalbox with the unique 8 sailed windmill behind it. A Class 114 DMU, mainstay of the line's services for many years, is heading off towards Boston in the distance.
  • HECKINGTON - 1988 - Signalbox, signal and the only 8-sailed windmill in Britain, 25/06/88. I've been up it and the view over the Fens is immense, if not particularly fascinating.
  • HECKINGTON - 1988 - the very nice GNR signalbox and Down Starter on its LNER concrete post, 02/06/88.
  • HECKINGTON - 2015 - the station has hardly changed since I took the other pictures in 1988, apart from the trees that block the view of the windmill and the hideously ugly new signal behind the box, 22/07/15. All trains stop here and the station handles about 65000 passengers per year.
  • HELPRINGHAM - 1910's - Opened in March 1882, the station served the village of Helpringham just south of Sleaford on the GN/GE Joint Line. Accommodation is fairly lavish for what is just a minor station on what was mainly a goods route. In July 1955 it closed to passengers and to goods in December 1964. Some of buildings survive.
  • HELPRINGHAM - 1960 - Opened in March 1882, the station served the village of Helpringham just south of Sleaford on the GN/GE Joint Line. Accommodation is fairly lavish for what is just a minor station on what was mainly a goods route. In July 1955 it closed to passengers and to goods in December 1964. Some of buildings survive. Seen here from the road bridge looking south in November 1960. The platform faces have been removed on the up side and the down side platform has gone altogether.
  • HIGH DYKE - 1970's - The exchange sidings at High Dyke, just south of Grantham, were a very busy place up until relatively recently. The branch was officially opened in 1919 and was built very cheaply, following the lie of the land and involving some very steep gradients. Short rakes of loaded ironstone wagons were brought down from the various mines on the other side of Colsterworth and marshalled in these sidings before dispatch to the steelworks at Scunthorpe. Trains were generally worked by Class O1 2-8-0's and pairs of Class 31's in later days. The tracks beyond Colsterworth were very temporary in nature and also very extensive, stretching right into Leicestershire in some places. Mining ceased in 1973 and the sidings and branch were quickly lifted. Here we see a Class 31 backing a rake of wagons into the sidings.
  • HOLTON LE MOOR - 1950's - Opened on November 1st, 1848, on the Lincoln to Cleethorpes line just north of Market Rasen as plain Holton. The suffix was added by the LNER in 1923 for differentiation purposes. The station closed to all traffic on November 1st, 1965, meaning it was open for exactly 117 years! The station house survives as a private home.
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