Thrapston Midland Road railway station

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]
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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

References

↑ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
↑ Clinker, C.R. (October 1978). Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830-1977. Bristol: Avon-AngliA Publications & Services. p. 135. ISBN 0-905466-19-5.
↑ Wally Jacques, Contempraneous Audio Record (1959)

Coordinates: 52°23′23″N 0°32′16″W / 52.3898°N 0.5379°W / 52.3898; -0.5379

Closed railway stations in Northamptonshire

Northampton to Market Harborough Line	Clipston and Oxendon Kelmarsh Lamport Brixworth Spratton Pitsford and Brampton

Banbury to Blisworth	Farthinghoe Helmdon Village Wappenham Towcester Tiffield

Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway	Byfield Morton Pinkney Blakesley Stoke Bruern Salcey Forest

Northampton and Peterborough Railway	Northampton Bridge Street Billing Castle Ashby & Earls Barton Wellingborough London Road Ditchford Irthlingborough Ringstead & Addington Thrapston Bridge Street Thorpe Barnwell Oundle

Rugby to Peterborough East	Wakerley and Barrowden Kingscliffe Nassington

Market Harborough to Bedford	Desborough Glendon and Rushton Isham & Burton Latimer Finedon Irchester

Higham Ferrers branch	Rushden Higham Ferrers

Great Central Main Line	Charwelton Woodford Halse Culworth Helmdon Brackley Central Eydon Road Halt

Northampton Loop Line	Kilsby & Crick Althorp Park Church Brampton

Rugby to Bletchley	Welton Weedon Blisworth Roade

Kettering to Huntingdon	Cranford Twywell Thrapston Midland Road Raunds

Kettering to Melton Mowbray	Geddington Gretton Harringworth

Rugby and Stamford Railway	Lilbourne Yelvertoft & Stanford Park

Weedon to Marton Junction	Daventry Braunston

Other stations	Ashley & Weston Aynho Park Aynho for Deddington Brackley Town Northampton St. John's Street Piddington

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