Haxey and Epworth railway station

Haxey and Epworth
Haxey and Epworth station site in 2006
General information
Location	Haxey & Epworth, Lincolnshire England
Grid reference	SK769972
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Northern Railway [1]
Pre-grouping	Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway [1]
Post-grouping	London 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 1964	closed to freight
Location

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

v t e Doncaster–Lincoln line
Legend
Doncaster 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 Lea Stow Park Leverton Branch Saxilby LD&ECR Skellingthorpe Grimsby–Lincoln–Newark line Lincoln Grimsby–Lincoln–Newark line to Cleethorpes Peterborough–Lincoln line

References

1. 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

• Judge, C.W. (1994). The Axholme Joint Railway. Oakwood Press. ISBN   978-0-85361-441-8.

53°27′59″N0°50′34″W / 53.4665°N 0.8428°W / 53.4665; -0.8428