Place Caldicott, Rutland Grid reference SP866932 Platforms in use 2 | Area Leicestershire 1 Jun 1850 Opened | |
Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway Similar Asfordby railway station, Medbourne railway station, East Langton railway st, Old Dalby railway station, Brooksby railway station | ||
Rockingham railway station was a station just south of Caldecott, Rutland. The station was located over the county line into Leicestershire, and was named after the village of Rockingham, Northamptonshire, which although one mile distant and smaller than Caldecott, was thought to be more important because it is the location of Rockingham Castle.
The station opened in 1850 as part of the single track Rugby and Stamford Railway line of the London and North Western Railway (although it joined the Midland Railway at Luffenham), but in 1873 the line was doubled and became part of a new Rugby to Peterborough East route.
The Great Northern Railway also provided trains between 1880 and 1916.
At grouping in 1923 it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway.
As of February 2014 the station building is a private residence and is visible from the road just south of the village of Caldecott. So, is the dilapidated wooden platform shelter (though this does not look like it will survive for much longer!). The old coal shed is still standing and in remarkable condition. The pub opposite, The Castle Inn, has some interesting old photographs of the station in its heyday.