King's Cliffe railway station

King's Cliffe
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Location
Place	King's Cliffe
Area	East Northamptonshire
Coordinates
Grid reference	TL009976
Operations
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
1 November 1879	Opened
6 June 1966	Closed to passengers
3 June 1968	Closed completely
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King's Cliffe railway station is a former railway station in King's Cliffe, Northamptonshire. It was owned by the London and North Western Railway, being situated on their line between Market Harborough and Peterborough, but from 1883 to 1916 was also served by trains of the Great Northern Railway.

The station was opened on 1 November 1879 and closed to passengers on 6 June 1966. On that date the section from Rugby (Midland) to Kings Cliffe was closed completely, but the line east of Kings Cliffe station remained open for goods traffic. On 3 June 1968 Kings Cliffe station was closed to goods along with the track to Nassington station where a private siding and the line to Yarwell Junction at Wansford remained in use until 1971 to serve a sand and gravel quarry.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Wakerley & Barrowden		London and North Western Railway Rugby to Peterborough East		Nassington
		Great Northern Railway Leicester Belgrave Road to Peterborough North