The line was a tramway, 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.

In the case of Immingham Town the tracks ran along a metalled road, giving passengers a firm footing at least.

[13] A wooden waiting shelter was provided at Immingham Town, but it gave scant protection from the elements.

When the line was proposed it included plans to continue from Immingham Town southwest along Queens Road to a point near the footpath to the engine shed, or "Loco" as it was called locally.

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.

Traffic was highly peaked, with convoys of tramcars leaving and arriving to match shift changes at the dock.

The process of demolition was piecemeal and even in 2013 many hints of the line remained, such as spun concrete masts near Immingham Town.