Friends of the Barton Line

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.)

Cleethorpes - Barton service operator. Also Cleethorpes - Lincoln - Nottingham - Leicester service operator.

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

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

Hull - London service operator.

Hull - London and East Coast Main Line service operator.

National public transport information.

Booking site for rail and coach destinations in the UK and 44 countries across Europe.

Finds lower prices for a journey by selecting cheaper fares between stations.

Guide to adding bus passes to rail tickets.

National guide to taxis serving railway stations.

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

Government's official site for the railway industry.

Formerly the Association of Train Operating Companies.

Infrastructure owner, operator and maintainer.

Company which operates most of the local bus services.

Bus company based in Hull.

Bus and coach operator based in Scunthorpe which provides the Barton Town service 254.

NLC demand-responsive bus service run by EYMS.

Local advice on travel and all manner of other topics.

A unique wealth of public transport information.

Award-winning advice on world-wide train travel.

Blog site concerning public transport on both sides of the Humber.

Lists times of trains as they progress.

Lists times of through trains between any two stations.

Lists all fares between any two stations.

Tips on how to save money on train tickets.

General travel advice during Covid-19.

Sights, facilities, events, tourist information. (See the appropriate station 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.

Independent organisations which support the users of railway services and facilities.

Statutory consumer organisation for rail and road users (was Rail Passengers Council, then Passenger Focus).

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

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

Barton Cleethorpes Community Rail Partnership.

The Community Rail Partnership for routes bounded by Shireoaks, Lincoln, Barnetby and north from Gainsborough to Doncaster.

Formerly the Association of Community Rail Partnerships.

Group pressing to reinstate the railway which linked Beverley and York via Market Weighton.

Societies, picture galleries, ferries, history. (Again, see the appropriate station under Attractions for sites specific to the places served by stations along the line.)

A train driver's view from Barton to Cleethorpes recorded on 12th June 2020.

A production by the Barton Cleethorpes Community Rail Partnership.

A 12-minute video of the Barton line using special effects as a preview to an exhibition held at the Ropewalk in Barton.

Geoff Marshall's documentary-style focus on this request halt situated on the Barton - Cleethorpes railway.

A 51-minute video of the 1980s recently released by acclaimed local railway historian Malcolm Hayles.

A group which focuses on the history of the Great Central Railway and its associated lines.

Celebrates and informs on the life and work of railway pioneers Absalom and Edward Watkin, the latter who was instrumental in developing the port of Grimsby and the resort of Cleethorpes.

Contains displays relating to Immingham Dock and the Great Central Railway which built it.

The last of the New Holland coal fired paddle steamers - now demolished.

One of the last New Holland coal fired paddle steamers - now a floating restaurant on the Thames.

One of the last New Holland coal fired paddle steamers - now back in her home dock at Hartlepool.

A rich gallery of Lincolnshire railway pictures.

A guide to the entire heritage railway scene.

A delightful directory of station staff in fur coats.

Information on how we will be affected by the UK's net zero carbon emissions 2050 pledge and free advice on saving energy.

Twenty-one useful hints to save energy.