Place Helmdon Grid reference SP586430 15 March 1899 Opened as Helmdon Platforms in use 2 | Area South Northamptonshire Pre-grouping Great Central Railway Original company Great Central Railway | |
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Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways Similar Church Brampton railway st, Gretton railway station, Lamport railway station, Culworth railway station, Stoke Bruern railway st | ||
Helmdon railway station served the village and civil parish of Helmdon in Northamptonshire on the former Great Central Main Line (GCR). It was the second of two stations in the parish, the first being Helmdon Village on the Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway.
History
The GCR main line was the last main line to be built from northern England to London. It opened for passenger services on 15 March 1899 and for goods services in April. The station, originally named "Helmdon", opened with the line on 15 March 1899.
From the station the line ran northwards on an embankment before crossing the valley on the nine-arch Helmdon Viaduct over the River Tove.
Helmdon was the nearest station for Sulgrave Manor, which had been the home of George Washington's ancestors in the 16th and 17th centuries. In the 1920s the house was restored and opened as a museum, and in this connection the LNER renamed Helmdon station "Helmdon for Sulgrave" in 1928.
British Railways closed the station to passengers on 4 March 1963 and to goods on 2 November 1964. In 1966 BR closed the line and the station was demolished. The viaduct remains.