Wellingborough London Road railway station explained

Wellingborough London Road
Status:	Disused
Borough:	Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire
Country:	England
Grid Name:	Grid reference
Platforms:	2
Original:	London and Birmingham Railway
Pregroup:	London and North Western Railway
Postgroup:	London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Years:	2 June 1845
Events:	Opened (Wellingborough)
Years1:	16 July 1924
Events1:	Renamed (Wellingborough London Road)
Years2:	4 May 1964
Events2:	Closed to passengers^[1]
Years3:	7 November 1966
Events3:	Station closed to goods^[2]

Wellingborough London Road railway station is a former railway station in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire on a line which connected Peterborough and Northampton.

History

The station opened in 1845 and closed in 1964 to passengers and closed fully in 1966.

Stationmasters

• Henry Cooper 1850^[3] - 1853
• J.V. Jarrett 1853 - 1856 (afterwards station master at Leighton Buzzard)
• T.B. Dixon 1856 - 1861^[4] (formerly station master at Market Harborough, afterwards station master at Leighton Buzzard)
• John Green 1861^[4] - 1896
• William Henry Judge 1896 - 1898^[5] (afterwards station master at Market Harborough)
• William Jackson 1898 - 1902^[5] (afterwards station master at Higham Ferrers)
• David Horne 1902^[5] - 1920^[6] (formerly station master at Higham Ferrers)
• Horace Edward Neale 1920 - ca. 1923

From 1930 the station master was in charge of both the Midland Road and London Road stations.^[7]

Location

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.

See also

• Wellingborough
• Wellingborough railway station
• London and Birmingham Railway

External links

• Subterranea Britannica

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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 . 142.
3. . 1836 . 1836-1851 Salaried Officers . London and North Western. Operating, Traffic, Coaching Depts . 131 . 29 January 2022.
4. . 1837 . 1837-1863 Salaried Officers . London and North Western. Operating, Traffic, Coaching Depts . 112 . 29 January 2022.
5. . 1898 . 1898-1914 Coaching Pgs. 1-572 . London and North Western. Operating, Traffic, Coaching Depts . 112 . 29 January 2022.
6. News: . Long Service . Midland Mail . England . 29 October 1920 . 29 January 2022 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
7. News: . A new stationmaster . Northampton Mercury . England . 28 November 1930 . 29 January 2022 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .