The Barton line is a railway line in North and North East Lincolnshire, England. 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. Stations served The stations served by the route are listed below. Barton-on-Humber Barrow Haven New Holland Goxhill Thornton Abbey Ulceby Habrough Stallingborough Healing Great Coates Grimsby Town Grimsby Docks New Clee Cleethorpes Services and rolling stock Passenger services on the line are provided by East Midlands Railway but used to be operated by Northern Trains services on the line were due to switch to East Midlands Railway from the start of the new franchise in August 2019, but this transfer was deferred until May 2021. Freight services previously served the chemical works at Barton-upon-Humber and the sidings at . Services are operated by one Class 156 unit every two hours in each direction on weekdays. Sunday trains only run during the summer months (May to early September). Before Class 156s operated the line, Class 153s, Class 142s and Class 150s (and before that Class 114) DMU sets were used. On Mondays – Saturday, the first service of the day from to , the 06:00 departure, and the 06:58 return was operated by a First TransPennine Express Class 185 (for operational reasons), although this service did not call at and due to the low platforms. This practice ceased at the December 2013 timetable change and the first train from Cleethorpes now serves all intermediate stations other than New Clee, which is currently served by trains on request during daylight hours only. East Midlands Railway currently operate the line with Class 156s. Since the closure of the chemical plant no scheduled freight services operate on the route, though occasional trainloads have operated from the bulk grain terminal at New Holland (which now occupies the former pier it remained rail-connected for a period, but the tracks are now in disrepair and unusable). Infrastructure The line is mostly double track, except for the sections at each end and the connecting curve between and . The eastern portion of the route as far as Habrough is shared with the South Humberside Main Line to and , whilst the short section either side of Ulceby also forms part of