Long Buckby railway station
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| Long Buckby | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Place | Long Buckby |
| Local authority | Daventry |
| Operations | |
| Station code | LBK |
| Managed by | Silverlink Trains |
| Platforms in use | 2 |
| Annual entry/exit 04/05 | 0.139 million ** |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| ** based on sales of tickets in 2004/05 financial year which end or originate at Long Buckby. Disclaimer (PDF) | |
Long Buckby railway station is a small railway station that serves the village of Long Buckby in Northamptonshire, England. The station is 15 km (9½ miles) north west of Northampton.
The station is served by Central Trains services to Birmingham New Street and Northampton, on the Northampton loop of the West Coast Main Line. For inter-city services (Virgin Trains), passengers should change at Rugby, the next station westbound.
Long Buckby is the nearest station to the town of Daventry, about 7.5 km (4.5 miles) away .
The station was one of a number built on the Northampton-Rugby stretch in the 19th century. All others were closed in the 1960s, so now Long Buckby is the only that remains.
[edit] Service
There is hourly service daily to Northampton eastbound and Birmingham New Street westbound.
[edit] Services
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northampton | Central Trains Northampton loop |
Rugby | ||
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Long Buckby railway station from National Rail
- Map and aerial photo of Long Buckby railway station from Multimap.com
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