The Barton Line is a railway line in North and North East Lincolnshire. It runs from Barton-upon-Humber south east to Cleethorpes and was designated by the Department for Transport as a community rail line in February 2007.

Barton station is near to the Humber Bridge. It is situated on the south bank of the Humber Estuary

The towns and villages served by the route are listed below.

• Barton-upon-Humber
• Barrow Haven
• New Holland
• Goxhill
• Thornton Abbey (Not the first service)
• Ulceby
• Habrough
• Stallingborough
• Healing
• Great Coates (Not the first service)
• Grimsby Town
• Grimsby Docks (Not the first service)
• New Clee (Limited service)
• Cleethorpes

Passenger services on the line are provided by Northern Rail. Freight services previously served the chemical plant at Barton-upon-Humber and the sidings at .Services are operated by 1 Class 153 every 2 hours in each direction. Before Class 153s started operating Pacers and Class 150s were used. On Mondays-Saturdays the first Barton line service from Cleethorpes at 06:00 and Barton at 06:58 is operated by a Class 185. Due to the certain low platforms on the line the train only serves Grimsby Town, Healing, Stallingbrough, Habrough, Ulceby, Goxhill, New Holland, Barrow and Barton. New Clee is only served by trains at request only during daylight hours only.Since the closure of the chemical plant all traces of freight operation are extinct on the route, although an occasional service has operated from the bulk terminal at New Holland.

History

The to section of the line follows the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway, opened in 1848.

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