Crowle North railway station

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Crowle North
Crowle North Station House in 2022.jpg
Crowle North station house in 2022
General information
Location Crowle, Lincolnshire
England
Coordinates 53°36′47″N0°49′47″W / 53.61294°N 0.8297°W / 53.61294; -0.8297
Owned byRoy Scarrott & Kathleen Ramsden
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyAxholme Light Railway
Pre-grouping Axholme Joint Railway
Post-groupingJoint LMS and LNER
Key dates
10 August 1903opened
17 July 1933closed
Location
Crowle North railway station

Crowle North railway station, officially known as Crowle railway station, was a station that served the market town of Crowle, on the Isle of Axholme in Lincolnshire, England on the Axholme Joint Railway. [1] The North designation was used to avoid confusion with Crowle railway station on a neighbouring line.

The station was opened on 10 August 1903. [2] Originally it was the terminus of the line from Goole, until the section onward to Haxey Junction was opened for goods on 14 November 1904, and to passengers on 2 January 1905. [3] The station closed with the end of passenger services on the line on 17 July 1933, [2] [4] Although the line remained open to goods traffic until 1965.

Until 1972 the line through Crowle to Belton was operated as 'a long siding' to facilitate access for heavy loads to Keadby Power Station.


This was the Station Master's House and Booking Office for Crowle on the Axholme Joint Railway, a light railway that ran the length of the Isle of Axholme.


The booking office was situated in the low single storey wooden extension and its interior has been preserved


The station had two low platforms, a passing loop and a small goods yard with a public weighbridge.

Station info 2022 Station House Info 2022.jpg
Station info 2022
Station House Front in 2022 Station House Front.jpg
Station House Front in 2022
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Inside Crowle Station Booking Office 2022

Former services

Preceding stationDisused railwaysFollowing station
Reedness Junction   Axholme Joint Railway   Belton

References

  1. British Railways Atlas.1947. p. 16
  2. 1 2 Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 73. ISBN   1-85260-508-1. R508.
  3. Marshall, John (1970). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, volume 2. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 148. ISBN   0-7153-4906-6.
  4. Marshall 1970 , p. 150