Place Irthlingborough Grid reference SP958706 | Area East Northamptonshire Platforms in use 2 | |
Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways 2 June 1845 Opened as Higham Ferrers Original company London and Birmingham Railway Similar Billing railway station, Gretton railway station, Church Brampton railway st, Lamport railway station, Harringworth railway station | ||
Irthlingborough railway station is a former railway station in Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, on the former Northampton and Peterborough Railway line which connected Peterborough and Northampton. In 1846 the line, along with the London and Birmingham Railway, became part of the London and North Western Railway.
At grouping in 1923 it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway.
The former service
The service was from Peterborough to Northampton via Wellingborough. The station opened in 1845 and closed in 1964 to passengers.
References
Irthlingborough railway station Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA