Haxey and Epworth railway station

Haxey and Epworth railway station was located near Haxey, Lincolnshire, England.[2][3] It closed to passengers in 1959 and completely in 1964.

Haxey and Epworth
Haxey and Epworth station site in 2006
Location	Haxey, Lincolnshire, North 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

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]

Doncaster–Lincoln line
East Coast Main Line to London │to York 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 Brigg Branch to Cleethorpes Gainsborough Lea Road Lea Stow Park Saxilby Skellingthorpe Nottingham–Lincoln line Lincoln Sheffield–Lincoln line to Cleethorpes Peterborough–Lincoln line