Crowle North Railway Station
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Crowle North railway station, officially known as Crowle railway station, was a station that served the market town of Crowle, on the
Isle of Axholme The Isle of Axholme is a geographical area in England: a part of North Lincolnshire that adjoins South Yorkshire. It is located between the towns of Scunthorpe and Gainsborough, both of which are in the traditional West Riding of Lindsey, and D ...
in
Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire ...
, England on the
Axholme Joint Railway The Axholme Joint Railway was a committee created as a joint enterprise between the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&Y) and the North Eastern Railway (NER) and was established by the North Eastern Railway Act of 31 July 1902. It took over ...
. The North designation was used to avoid confusion with
Crowle railway station Crowle railway station serves the town of Crowle in North Lincolnshire, England. Most services are provided by Northern Trains, who operate the station. Occasional services by TransPennine Express also call at this station. The station has v ...
on a neighbouring line. The station was opened on 10 August 1903. Originally it was the terminus of the line from , until the section onward to was opened for goods on 14 November 1904, and to passengers on 2 January 1905. The station closed with the end of passenger services on the line on 17 July 1933, Although the line remained open to goods traffic until 1965. Until 1972 the line through Crowle to Belton was operated as 'a long siding' to facilitate access for heavy loads to Keadby Power Station. This was the Station Master's House and Booking Office for Crowle on the Axholme Joint Railway, a light railway that ran the length of the Isle of Axholme. The booking office was situated in the low single storey wooden extension and its interior has been preserved The station had two low platforms, a passing loop and a small goods yard with a public weighbridge.


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{{Closed stations Lincolnshire Disused railway stations in the Borough of North Lincolnshire Former Axholme Joint Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1903 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1933