Reeder station

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]

Reeder
Former Reading Railroad station
General information
LocationReeder Road, New Hope, PA
Platforms1
Construction
Structure typeShelter
History
OpenedMarch 21, 1891[1]
ClosedJune 7, 1952[1]
Former services
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station
Lahaska New Hope Branch Huffnagle
toward New Hope

References

  1. "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. open access
  2. "Eastburn Reeder – 2003 Honored Citizen | Solebury Township Historical Society". 21 August 2013.


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