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Northampton Bridge Street 
The station in an engraving from 1847 Location Place Northampton Area Northampton Operations Original company London and Birmingham Railway Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British RailwaysPlatforms 2 History 13 May 1845 Opened as Northampton June 1876 Station renamed Northampton Bridge Street 4 May 1964 Station closed to passingers[1][2] 1972 Station closed to freight[2] 2005 A factory's lone sideings by the station closed[2] Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–ZNorthampton Bridge Street is a former railway station in Northampton the main town of Northamptonshire on the Northampton and Peterborough Railway which connected Peterborough and Northampton.[3]
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History
A 1911 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Northampton
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This was the first station serving Northampton, originally named Northampton, it was later renamed Northampton Bridge Street in 1876 after a new station was built for the line to Market Harborough.[4] The station meant that people could travel to Wellingborough, Irthlingborough and Peterborough quicker than before.
The service was from Peterborough to Northampton via Wellingborough. The station opened in 1845 and closed to passengers in 1964[2], the buildings being demolished in 1969.[5]
Freight trains continued to use Bridge Street regularly until 1972 and a lone group of corporate sidings finally closed after holding out until 2005[2].
Former services
Preceding station Disused railways Following station Blisworth London and North Western Railway
Northampton and Peterborough RailwayBilling Northampton (Castle) London and North Western Railway
Northampton to Market Harborough lineTerminus Today's usage
It has been fenced off since the abandoned signal box was burnt out in 2006.
Historic Imagery of the site
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Northampton Bridge Street station in 2006.
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Northampton Bridge Street station in 2006.
See also
References
- ^ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
- ^ a b c d e http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/n/northampton_bridge_street/index.shtml
- ^ British Railways Atlas.1947. p.17
- ^ Catford, Nick (2006-06-28). "Subterranea Britannica: SB-Sites: Northampton Bridge Street Station". Subterranea Britannica. http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/n/northampton_bridge_street/index.shtml. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
- ^ "Northampton History". Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. 2008. http://www.rcts.org.uk/branches/northampton/history/. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
Coordinates: 52°13′43″N 0°53′51″W / 52.22855°N 0.89749°W
Closed railway stations in Northamptonshire Northampton to Market Harborough line Banbury to Blisworth Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway Northampton and Peterborough Railway Northampton Bridge Street · Billing · Castle Ashby & Earls Barton · Wellingborough London Road · Ditchford · Irthlingborough · Ringstead & Addington · Thrapston Bridge Street · Thorpe · Barnwell · OundleRugby to Peterborough East Market Harborough to Bedford Higham Ferrers branch Great Central Main Line Northampton Loop Line Rugby to Bletchley Welton · Weedon · Blisworth · RoadeKettering to Huntingdon Cranford · Twywell · Thrapston Midland Road · RaundsKettering to Melton Mowbray Rugby and Stamford Railway Lilbourne · Yelvertoft & Stanford ParkWeedon to Marton Junction Other stations Ashley & Weston · Aynho Park · Aynho for Deddington · Brackley Town · Northampton St. John's Street · PiddingtonCategories:- Disused railway stations in Northamptonshire
- Former London and North Western Railway stations
- Beeching closures in England
- Railway stations opened in 1845
- Railway stations closed in 1964
- East Midlands railway station stubs
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