Reedness Junction railway station

Reedness Junction
The former Reedness Junction Station house
Location
Place	Reedness
Area	East Riding of Yorkshire
Coordinates	53°39′11″N 0°51′00″W / 53.65311°N 0.84993°W / 53.65311; -0.84993Coordinates: 53°39′11″N 0°51′00″W / 53.65311°N 0.84993°W / 53.65311; -0.84993
Grid reference	SE761180
Operations
Original company	Goole and Marshland Light Railway
Pre-grouping	Axholme Joint Railway
Post-grouping	Joint LMS and LNER
History
8 January 1900	opened
17 July 1933	closed
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Reedness Junction railway station was a railway junction near Reedness, East Riding of Yorkshire, England on the Axholme Joint Railway. Immediately to the west of the station, the Fockerby Branch, which continued eastwards, turned off from the main line to Epworth, which curved to the south.

The Goole and Marshland Light Railway was one of the early lines to be authorised under the Light Railway Act of 1896, which was designed to ease the problems facing the building of rural railways. Four railways were authorised by the Light Railway Order of 16 August 1898, one from the Doncaster to Goole main line at Marshland Junction to Reedness, another from Reedness to Adlingfleet, a branch to Swinefleet and another to Luddington. The first was built as authorised, but the remainder were replaced by a line which followed the course of the second to Eastoft, and then ran to Fockerby via Luddington.

Another Light Railway Order was obtained on 11 March 1899, for a line from Haxey Junction via Epworth and Crowle North to join the Goole and Marshland Railway at Reedness Junction. Both railways negotiated with the North Eastern Railway in January 1900, and the larger company agreed to take over the lines. The station was opened for goods traffic on 8 January 1900. A Directors' train, consisting of a contractor's engine and two open trucks, ran on 26 June 1900, and included a trial run to Crowle over the Isle of Axholme Light Railway line. Another inspection, on behalf of the North Eastern Railway before purchasing the line, passed through the station and along the Fockerby Branch to Luddington, as the final section to Garthorpe, later renamed as Fockerby station, had not been completed. Eastoft station was noted to be complete, and the inspector expected Reedness Junction, Luddington and Garthorpe to be finished to a similar standard.