Place Horton Pre-grouping Midland Railway Platforms in use 2 | Area South Northamptonshire 10 June 1872 Opened as Horton | |
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Original company Bedford & Northampton Railway Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways Similar Church Brampton railway st, Stoke Bruern railway st, Gretton railway station, Lamport railway station, Billing railway station | ||
Piddington was a railway station on the former Bedford to Northampton Line. Despite its name, the station was located close to the village of Horton in Northamptonshire, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) from the village of Piddington.
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History
By the 1870s, Piddington was linked to the national rail network by the Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway, known as the "SMJR", with a station at Salcey Forest to the West of Horton village. This part of the line ran from Towcester to Bedford via Blisworth and Stoke Bruerne with a connection to Northampton and the West Coast Main Line. It closed to passengers in 1951, and was later shut completely in the 1960s.
Present day
The station can be found off the B526 in Horton village. The route of the line is just to the northeast of the village. There is a proposal to reopen this line. Confusion sometimes occurs as there is a disused railway line in Piddington itself, however that is the former Stratford and Midland Junction Railway, which had no station at Piddington or Horton.