Reeder station
Reeder | |||||||||||
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| Former Reading Railroad station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Reeder Road, New Hope, PA | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Shelter | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | March 21, 1891[1] | ||||||||||
| Closed | June 7, 1952[1] | ||||||||||
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Reeder is a defunct station on the Reading Company's New Hope Branch. The station is currently on the line used by the New Hope and Ivyland Railroad. This station was a flag stop located on Reeder Road at milepost 35, and was named after Pennsylvania's first food and dairy commissioner, Eastburn Reeder, a native of Solebury Township.[2]
References
- ^ a b "150 Take Last Train Ride on Old New Hope Line". The Philadelphia Inquirer. June 8, 1952. p. 41. Retrieved August 28, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Eastburn Reeder – 2003 Honored Citizen | Solebury Township Historical Society". August 21, 2013.