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

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