Reeder station explained

Reeder
Type:Former Reading Railroad station
Style:Reading Company
Address:Reeder Road, New Hope, PA
Structure:Shelter
Platform:1
Opened:March 21, 1891[1]
Closed:June 7, 1952
Other Services Header:Former services

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]

Notes and References

  1. News: 150 Take Last Train Ride on Old New Hope Line . August 28, 2020 . The Philadelphia Inquirer . June 8, 1952 . 41. Newspapers.com.
  2. Web site: Eastburn Reeder – 2003 Honored Citizen | Solebury Township Historical Society. 21 August 2013.