Great Coates Level Crossing electric railway station was situated at the third of eight passing loops on the otherwise single track central "country" section[3] of the inter-urban[4] Grimsby and Immingham Electric Railway when travelling from Corporation Bridge, Grimsby to Immingham Dock.
No platforms ever existed at any of the stopping places; passengers were expected to board and alight from the roadway or trackside cinders according to the location.
Great Coates Level Crossing was a Request Stop, people hailed a car by giving a clear signal to the motorman or conductor as appropriate.
Unusually among British tramways services ran round the clock, particularly to provide for railway workers based at Immingham engine shed, whose duties often involved starting or finishing at unsocial hours.
After 1945 industry was attracted to the south bank of the Humber, steadily transforming the landscape from rural to urban, though few workers at the new plants lived locally.
[15] The first track on the line to be removed was at Immingham Dock tramcar station, to give increased parking space.
The process of demolition was piecemeal and even in 2013 many hints of the line remained, such as spun concrete masts near Immingham Town.