Crowle North railway station

Crowle North railway station, officially known as Crowle railway station, was a station in Crowle, Lincolnshire on the Axholme Joint Railway which is now closed.[1] The North designation was used to avoid confusion with Crowle railway station on a neighbouring line.

Crowle North
Site of station in 1983, 50 years after closure
LocationCrowle, Lincolnshire
England
Coordinates53.61294°N 0.8297°W / 53.61294; -0.8297
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyAxholme Light Railway
Pre-groupingAxholme Joint Railway
Post-groupingJoint LMS and LNER
Key dates
10 August 1903opened
17 July 1933closed

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]

Former services

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Reedness Junction   Axholme Joint Railway   Belton

References

  1. British Railways Atlas.1947. p. 16
  2. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 73. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  3. Marshall, John (1970). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, volume 2. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 148. ISBN 0-7153-4906-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  4. Marshall 1970, p. 150
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