Haxey and Epworth railway station

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Haxey and Epworth
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Haxey and Epworth station site in 2006
General information
Location Haxey & Epworth, Lincolnshire
England
Grid reference SK769972
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
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 1964closed to freight

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
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Bessacarr Halt
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Finningley
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Park Drain
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Haxey Junction
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Haxey and Epworth
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Misterton
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Misterton Petroleum
storage depot
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Walkeringham
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Beckingham
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West Trent Junction
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East Trent Junction
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Lea
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Stow Park
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Saxilby
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Skellingthorpe
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References

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