The original station, named, was built by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway and was situated a few yards towards the Humber Estuary at the landward end of New Holland Pier, a jetty, some in length which served a ferry service to Hull. At the pier head was situated New Holland Pier railway station. As one of the early aims of the MS&LR was to reach Hull the pierhead at New Holland became its "Up" terminus. This was later changed to Grimsby on completion of the "London Extension" to. Because of these early aims the railway company bought out the rights of the New Holland Ferry. These rights transferred to the Great Central Railway, the London & North Eastern Railway and, on nationalisation, British Railways. The ferry service was closed on the opening of the Humber Bridge in June 1981 and the New Holland Pier railway station closed. The present day railway station at New Holland opened to serve the community, replacing the original which closed on the same day. New Holland was a railway community, the majority of the housing being built by the company to house its workers. It played an important part in railway life for it was here that the railway company laundry was situated and special laundry vans brought the soiled washing from the companies stations, restaurant cars and hotels. Also centred here were the company's wagon sheet repair shops, skills used in the repair of sails could be put to a railway use. Yarborough Hotel was rebuilt in 1851 for MS&LR. It was included in adverts for LNER hotels in 1936, but was sold before nationalisation, being advertised for sale in 1947.
Facilities
The station is unstaffed and has limited amenities. Tickets have to be purchased in advance or on the train. Level access is available between the station entrance and platform.
Services
Monday to Saturdays there is generally a two-hourly stopping service to to and. There are four arrivals & departures each way on summer Sundays also. The service is now normally worked by a Class 153 railcar all day - the practice of using a on the first morning service for operational reasons ceased at the December 2013 timetable change but was reintroduced at the December 2018 timetable change.
