Haxey and Epworth railway station

Haxey and Epworth
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
Pre-grouping	Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway ; Eastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
9 Jul 1867	Opened as Haxey
May 1884	Renamed Haxey and Epworth
2 Feb 1959	Closed to passengers
29 June 1964	closed to freight

Haxey and Epworth railway station served the towns of Haxey and Epworth on the Isle of Axholme, Lincolnshire, England. 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. Although the lines were connected, movement between the stations required two reversals. The interchange ceased on 1 February 1956 when the Haxey Junction to Epworth section of the Axholme Joint Railway was closed.

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.