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New Holland railway station is a single platform station which serves the village of New Holland in North Lincolnshire, England. The station is situated on the Barton-on-Humber line west of , and all trains serving it are operated by Northern Rail. ==History== The original station, named , was built by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR) 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 station closed. The present day 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 (replacing a hotel bought in 1845)〔(New Holland - disused station )〕 in 1851 for MS&LR.〔(Listed building description for hotel )〕 It was included in adverts for LNER hotels in 1936,〔Railway Magazine September 1936 page iv〕 but was sold before nationalisation, being advertised for sale in 1947.〔(advert on Wednesday 21 May 1947 in Hull Daily Mail )〕) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「New Holland railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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