Thrapston Midland Road railway station

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Thrapston Midland Road
Location
Place Thrapston
Area East Northamptonshire
Operations
Original company Kettering, Thrapston & Huntingdon Railway
Pre-grouping Midland Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
Platforms 2
History
1 March 1866 Station opened as Thrapstone
1 October 1885 Renamed Thrapston
2 June 1924 Renamed Thrapston Midland Road
15 June 1959 Station closed to passengers[1]
28 October 1963 Station closed to goods[2]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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See also Thrapston Bridge Street on the Northampton and Peterborough Railway station.

Thrapston Midland Road railway station is a former railway station on a Midland Railway branch line from Kettering. The Station officially closed to Passengers on 15 June 1959. However the actual last passengers left the platform on the 8.30pm from Kettering on the evening of 13 June 1959. The train was hauled by steam locomotive and tender 46467 a Class 2 Ivatt LMS Mogul 2-6-0.[3]


Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Twywell   Midland Railway
Kettering to Huntingdon line		   Raunds

File:Thrapston Midland Road Station 1959.ogg

See also

References

  1. ↑ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Wally Jacques, Contempraneous Audio Record (1959)

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