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Haxey and Epworth railway station

Haxey and Epworth
Haxey and Epworth station site in 2006
General information
LocationHaxey & Epworth, Lincolnshire
England
Grid referenceSK769972
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Northern Railway[1]
Pre-groupingGreat Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway[1]
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Eastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
9 Jul 1867[1]Opened as Haxey
May 1884[1]Renamed Haxey and Epworth
2 Feb 1959[1]Closed to passengers
29 June 1964closed to freight
Location
Map

Haxey and Epworth railway station served the towns of Haxey and Epworth on the Isle of Axholme, Lincolnshire, England.[2][3] It closed to passengers in 1959 and completely in 1964.

From 2 January 1905, it provided an interchange with the Axholme Joint Railway, whose Haxey Junction station was immediately adjacent to it.[4] Although the lines were connected, movement between the stations required two reversals.[5] The interchange ceased on 1 February 1956 when the Haxey Junction to Epworth section of the Axholme Joint Railway was closed.[6]

Haxey was also the junction for the Bawtry to Haxey railway line, which was conceived as a trunk haul route for colliery output. The line never fulfilled that expectation, and the Haxey end may only have been used for wagon storage.[7]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Park Drain
Line open, station closed 		  GN and GE Joint   Misterton
Line open, station closed
Doncaster–Lincoln line
Legend
 Doncaster East Coast Main Line
Bessacarr Halt
Finningley
Park Drain
Axholme Joint Railway
to Goole
 Haxey Junction
Haxey and Epworth
River Idle
Chesterfield Canal
 Misterton
to Stockwith Goods
Misterton Petroleum
storage depot
 Walkeringham
Beckingham
Sheffield–Lincoln line
to Sheffield
West Trent Junction
River Trent
East Trent Junction
Sheffield–Lincoln line
to Cleethorpes
 Gainsborough Lea Road Connections to Sheffield
Lea
Stow Park
Leverton Branch
 Saxilby
LD&ECR
 Skellingthorpe
Grimsby–Lincoln–Newark line
 Lincoln National Rail
Grimsby–Lincoln–Newark line
to Cleethorpes
Peterborough–Lincoln line

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 116. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  2. ^ British Railways Atlas.1947. p.16
  3. ^ Historic England. "Haxey and Epworth Station (498338)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 11 March 2011.
  4. ^ Judge 1994, p. 57
  5. ^ Judge 1994, pp. 122–123
  6. ^ Judge 1994, p. 220
  7. ^ A.L. Barnett, The Railways of the South Yorkshire Coalfield from 1880, The Railway Correspondence And Travel Society, 1984, ISBN 0 901115 58 4, page 43

Bibliography

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