Useful Links

Ticket sales, advice, assistance. (Note that each train company can also sell tickets for other companies but the cheapest advance fare is generally only available from the company with which you intend to travel.)

Times, fares and impartial booking service. (Ticket sales and seat reservations are passed on to the appropriate train company's web site.)

National public transport information.

A unique wealth of public transport information.

Guide to adding on bus passes to rail tickets.

National guide to taxis serving railway stations.

National list of eating places close to railway stations.

Barton - Cleethorpes service franchisee and Hull - Sheffield, Hull - Leeds, Hull - York, Hull - Scarborough and Cleethorpes - Sheffield (via Brigg) service operator.

Barton - Cleethorpes, Cleethorpes - Manchester and Hull - Manchester service operator.

Grimsby - Lincoln & beyond service operator.

Hull - London service operator.

Hull - London service operator.

Official Government site for travel by air, road, rail and sea.

Association of Train Operating Companies.

Infrastructure owner, operator and maintainer.

Company which operates most of the local buses.

Bus company which operates in Hull.

Statutory consumer organisation for rail users (was Rail Passengers Council).

Association of Community Rail Partnerships.

National voluntary organisation for promoting the railways (aka Railway Development Society).

National voluntary organisation for promoting greener transport (was Transport 2000).

Yorkshire and Humber Transport Activists' Round Table - an alliance of public transport activists.

A blog site concerning public transport on both sides of the Humber.

Tips on how to save money on train tickets.

Sights, facilities, events, tourist information. (See the appropriate page under Attractions for sites specific to the places served by stations along the line.)

Local Authority for the northern terminus of the Humber Fastcat bus route.

Local Authority for the northern half of the railway.

Local Authority for the southern half of the railway.

Details of 16 visitor attractions in northern North Lincolnshire plus events, eateries and accommodation.

Regional portal managed by Hub Computer Services.

Information on villages along the railway and nationally.

Picture galleries, ferries, history.

The Heritage Trail's coverage on this, the last of the New Holland coal fired paddle steamers - now demolished.

The Heritage Trail's coverage on one of the last New Holland coal fired paddle steamers - now a floating restaurant on the Thames.

The Heritage Trail's coverage on one of the last New Holland coal fired paddle steamers - now back in her home dock at Harlepool.

Some modern views of the Barton line.

Pictures of Lincolnshire and UK heritage railways.

A guide to the entire heritage railway scene.