The Axholme Joint Railway was built as a joint enterprise between the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&Y) and the North Eastern Railway (NER). It became joint property on 1 October1901. The line ran from Marshland Junction, SE of Goole, to Haxey on another joint railway (this time owned by Great Northern and Great Eastern Railways) between Doncaster and Gainsborough, a distance of 19.5 miles. There was a branch line from Reedness to Fockerby on the River Trent estuary; and a freight-only branch from Epworth to Hatfield Moor. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway was a pre-grouping (1923) British railway company. ... The North Eastern Railway (NER) , unlike many other of the pre-Grouping companies, had a relatively compact territory, having the district it covered to itself. ... October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in Leap years). ... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Goole is a town and port located on the River Ouse in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in northeast England. ... The Great Northern Railway (GNR) was a British railway company, founded by the London & York Railway Act of 1846. ... The Great Eastern Railway (GER) was formed in 1862 as an amalgamation of the Eastern Counties Railway; and also with several other smaller railways: Norfolk, the Eastern Union, the Newmarket, the Harwich, the East Anglian Light and the East Suffolk; among others. ... Map sources for Doncaster at grid reference SE5702 Doncaster is a town in South Yorkshire, (and in the former West Riding of Yorkshire), England which has been recognised nationally as an emerging regional city . ... There are several places in England named Gainsborough : Gainsborough, Lincolnshire and an area of Ipswich. ... The River Trent is one of the major rivers of England. ... Epworth is a town in Lincolnshire, England. ...
The line closed to passengers on 15 July1933; it is now closed altogether. July 15 is the 196th day (197th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 169 days remaining. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
A miniature railway called the Isle of Axholme Light Railway has a website here.
AXHOLME, an island in the north-west part of Lincolnshire, England, lying between the rivers Trent, Idle and Don, and isolated by drainage channels connected with these rivers.
This undertaking led to the introduction of a large number of Flemish workmen, who settled in the district, and, in spite of the violent measures adopted by the English peasantry to expel them, retained their ground in sufficient numbers to affect the physical appearance and the accent of the inhabitants to this day.
The Isle of Axholme is the part of North Lincolnshire west of the River Trent.
The name Isle is given to the area since, prior to the area being drained by the Dutchman Cornelius Vermuyden, each town or village formerly lay on areas of dry, raised ground in the surrounding marshland.
There was an Isle of Axholme Rural District from 1894 to 1974, which covered the entire Isle after 1936.
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