Railways to New Holland & Humber Ferries

The New Holland to Hull ferry was purchased by the Great Grimsby & Sheffield Junction Railway, in 1845, and the ferry service remained railway-owned until its demise coinciding with the opening of the Humber Bridge in June 1981. This is the story of the metamorphosis of a bleak, windswept and thinly populated area of North Lincolnshire, from fen and farmland into an important railway colony. The railways covered are: From Great Coates in the east, through to the junction at Habrough and then via Ulceby and Goxhill to New Holland; the Barton-on-Humber branch; the line from Goxhill via East Halton and Killingholme; the Great Central Railway-built Immingham Dock. The book is to A5 format, and consists of 104 pages. It includes 140 photographs/maps etc., and is printed on art paper throughout with a 2-colour square-backed Linson cover.