For many years GCR laundry from restaurant cars and hotels was brought to New Holland for cleaning.

[3] The station opened on 1 March 1848 following a directors' tour of the ferry and route as far as Louth the day before.

[8] Before long lines reached Hull via Doncaster, so passengers and railways alike realised that longer could be quicker and more convenient.

[20] Average daily traffic along the pier in its peak years was 30000 passengers, 250 vehicles, 1200 cattle and sheep and 300 tons of luggage.

Until the end of the Second World War publicity, tickets and timetables rarely differentiated between the Town and Pier stations, with the July 1922 Bradshaw, for example, giving a single entry for "New Holland.