Thrapston Midland Road railway station explained

See also: Thrapston Bridge Street railway station.

Thrapston Midland Road
Status:Disused
Borough:Thrapston, North Northamptonshire
Country:England
Platforms:2
Original:Kettering, Thrapston & Huntingdon Railway
Pregroup:Midland Railway
Postgroup:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
Years:1 March 1866
Events:Station opened as Thrapstone
Years1:1 October 1885
Events1:Renamed Thrapston
Years2:2 June 1924
Events2:Renamed Thrapston Midland Road
Years3:15 June 1959
Events3:Station closed to passengers[1]
Years4:28 October 1963
Events4:Station closed to goods.[2] The opening titles of British sitcom; Oh, Doctor Beeching, feature the same design of locomotive.

Thrapston Midland Road railway station is a former railway station on the Kettering, Thrapston and Huntingdon Railway 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]

Thrapston Station Quarry, formerly called Thrapston Midland Railway Station Quarry, is a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest.[4]


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52.3898°N -0.5379°W

Notes and References

  1. Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
  2. Book: Clinker, C.R. . Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830-1977 . October 1978 . Avon-AngliA Publications & Services . Bristol . 0-905466-19-5 . 135.
  3. Wally Jacques, Contemporaneous Audio Record (1959)
  4. Web site: Thrapston Station Quarry citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 20 February 2017.