Northampton Bridge Street railway station

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Northampton Bridge Street
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Station in 1966.
Location
Place Northampton
Area Northampton
Operations
Original company London and Birmingham Railway
Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
Platforms 2
History
13 May 1845 Opened as Northampton
June 1876 Station renamed Northampton Bridge Street
4 May 1964 Station closed to passengers[1][2]
1972 Station closed to freight[2]
2005 A factory's lone sidings by the station closed[2]
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Closed railway stations in Britain
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Northampton Bridge Street is a former railway station in Northampton the main town of Northamptonshire on the Northampton and Peterborough Railway which connected Peterborough and Northampton.[3]

History

A 1911 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Northampton

This was the first station serving Northampton, originally named Northampton, it was later renamed Northampton Bridge Street in 1876 after a new station was built for the line to Market Harborough.[4] The station meant that people could travel to Wellingborough, Irthlingborough and Peterborough quicker than before.

The service was from Peterborough to Northampton via Wellingborough. The station opened in 1845 and closed to passengers in 1964,[2] the buildings being demolished in 1969.[5]

Freight trains continued to use Bridge Street regularly until 1972 and a lone group of corporate sidings finally closed after holding out until 2005.[2]

Former services

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Blisworth   London and North Western Railway
Northampton and Peterborough Railway		   Billing
Northampton (Castle)   London and North Western Railway
Northampton to Market Harborough line		   Terminus

Today's usage

The actual station was between the Old Towcester Road and the Line, this land is now a housing development.

The Line still runs past the station site although the line past the level crossing has been de-commissioned and is likely to be a road/cycle/walking route [NBC CAAP 2013]

There is still a Network Rail Depot on the south side of the line which includes on old LNWR shed.

Future plans

On 22 October 2013 the West Northamptonshire Development Corporation announced that it had agreed to purchase the disused Northampton Bridge Street branch line from Network Rail for £1.5 million to create a two-mile (3km) cycle and pedestrian path linking the Brackmills Industrial Estate to the Northampton Enterprise Zone. [6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/n/northampton_bridge_street/index.shtml
  3. ↑ British Railways Atlas.1947. p.17
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  6. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-24609060

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