Riby Street Platform railway station

Riby Street Platform
Riby Street Platform
General information
Location	Grimsby, Lincolnshire; England
Coordinates	53°34′34″N 0°04′22″W / 53.5762°N 0.0729°W
Grid reference	TA277106
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Central Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Central Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
by October 1904	opened for unadvertised workmen service
4 June 1917	public advertised service
April 1919	reverted to unadvertised workmen service
14 April 1941	closed

Passenger lines of
North East Lincolnshire

Legend

Hull Corporation Pier

Immingham West Jn

Humber Road Jn

Eastfield Road

Ulceby North Jn

Dock Entrance

Immingham Dock

Immingham Town

&

South Humberside

Main Line

West Marsh Jn

East Marsh Jn

East Lincolnshire Rlwy

to Boston

Kingsway

(CCLR)

Discovery

Lakeside Central

North Sea Lane

Humberston

North Sea Lane

Beach

South Sea Lane

Lincolnshire Coast Lt Rly

1960–1985

Riby Street Platform was a railway station which served the Riby Street area of Grimsby from 1904 to 1941. It was opened by the Great Central Railway to serve the first dock in Grimsby but was closed during World War II and never reopened. A source with local knowledge refers to the station as "Riby Street Platforms".^[3]

The station was known as "Skateknob Junction" by workers at the nearby fish docks.^[4]^[5] It consisted of two narrow wooden platforms connected by a footbridge.^[6] Although the platforms had been removed, the footbridge was still plain to see in 1961.^[7]

Services

The station was opened in 1904 aiming at services for workers at the adjacent docks, most of which were unadvertised. Public advertised service only 1917-1919 and accordingly it is not shown in the July 1922 Bradshaw.^[8]

Aftermath

By 2015 no trace of the station could be found. The line through the station site had been reduced to single track, but a regular passenger service to Cleethorpes. No railborne fish traffic had been carried from Grimsby for many years.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Grimsby Docks Line and station open		Great Central Railway Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway		New Clee Line and station open

References

^ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 362
^ Croughton, Kidner & Young 1982, p. 118.
^ King 2019, p. 62.
^ The station in historical context Grimsby Telegraph
^ King & Hewins 1989, p. 33.
^ The station from the air in 1937 Britain from Above (free login needed to zoom)
^ King & Hewins 1989, Photo 62.
^ Bradshaw 1985, p xlix & p714.

Sources

Bradshaw, George (1985) [July 1922]. Bradshaw's General Railway and Steam Navigation guide for Great Britain and Ireland: A reprint of the July 1922 issue. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-8708-5. OCLC 12500436.
Croughton, Godfrey; Kidner, R. W.; Young, Alan (1982). Private and Untimetabled Railway Stations, Halts and Stopping Places. The Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85361-281-0. OCLC 10507501.
King, Paul K (2019). The Railways of North-east Lincolnshire Part 2 Stations. Grimsby: Pyewipe Publications. ISBN 978-1-9164603-1-7.
King, Paul K.; Hewins, Dave R. (1989). Scenes from the Past: 5 The Railways around Grimsby, Cleethorpes, Immingham and North-east Lincolnshire. Stockport: Foxline Publishing. ISBN 978-1-870119-04-7.