Grimsby and Immingham Electric Railway (historical)

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The Grimsby and Immingham Electric Railway was an early 20th-century British inter-urban tramway system that linked the port town of Grimsby with the developing docks and industrial area at Immingham.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf electric railway
inter-urban tramway
tramway
closed 1961
closingYear 1961
connects Grimsby NERFINISHED
Immingham NERFINISHED
Immingham Dock NERFINISHED
country United Kingdom
depotLocation near Immingham Dock
electrificationSystem overhead line
endPoint Immingham Dock NERFINISHED
era early 20th century
gauge standard gauge
historicalSignificance built to support development of Immingham Dock
example of British inter-urban electric railway
infrastructureType reserved track sections
roadside tramway
locatedIn England
Lincolnshire
notableFeature largely isolated from other British tramway systems
operated mainly for workmen’s traffic
opened 1912
openingYear 1912
operator Great Central Railway NERFINISHED
ownerAtOpening Great Central Railway NERFINISHED
powerSource electricity
primaryPurpose to connect Grimsby with Immingham industrial area
to serve Immingham Dock
to transport dock workers
regionServed Humber Estuary NERFINISHED
rollingStockType electric tramcars
servedFacility Immingham Dock NERFINISHED
servedIndustry dock-related industries
port operations
servedTown Grimsby NERFINISHED
Immingham NERFINISHED
servedWorkforce dock workers at Immingham
railway employees at Immingham Dock
startPoint Grimsby NERFINISHED
status closed
successorOperator British Railways NERFINISHED
London and North Eastern Railway NERFINISHED
successorOwner British Railways NERFINISHED
London and North Eastern Railway NERFINISHED
traction electric

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Grimsby docks railwayServedBy Grimsby and Immingham Electric Railway (historical)