Place Wellingborough Platforms in use 2 | Grid reference SP902665 | |
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Area Borough of Wellingborough Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways 2 June 1845 Opened (Wellingborough) 16 July 1924 Renamed (Wellingborough London Road) Original company London and Birmingham Railway Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway Similar Thrapston Bridge Street rail, Castle Ashby & Earls Bart, Billing railway station, Stoke Bruern railway st, Braunston London Road rail | ||
Wellingborough London Road railway station is a former railway station in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire on a line which connected Peterborough and Northampton.
This station was on an important junction with a link to the Midland Main Line at Wellingborough Midland Road which enabled through running from Northampton to Midland Road, Kettering and Leicester. The station remains have gone with the line ending under the A45.
The former service
The service was from Peterborough to Northampton via Wellingborough. The station opened in 1845 and closed in 1964 to passengers and closed fully in 1966.
References
Wellingborough London Road railway station Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA