Goxhill railway station


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 north west of Cleethorpes and all trains serving it are operated by Northern Trains.
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 and are in private ownership. The station signal box controls a nearby level crossing that still 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 via. 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

The station has a two-hourly service in each direction on weekdays and Saturdays, with a bus connection to/from via the Humber Bridge available at Barton. All services are operated by a including the Sunday service in the summer, which is limited to four trips each way. No Sunday service operates for the remainder of the year.