Long Buckby railway station
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| Location | |||
| Place | Long Buckby | ||
| Local authority | Daventry | ||
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| Station code | LBK | ||
| Managed by | London Midland | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 138,777 | ||
| 2005/06 * | 136,732 | ||
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| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Long Buckby from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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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 London Midland 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 the others were closed in the 1960s.
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[edit] Service
There is hourly service daily to Northampton eastbound and Birmingham New Street westbound. As of 2007, the station has a part time ticket office.
[edit] Other
Long Buckby station had a brief moment of fame in 1997 when, as the nearest stop to Althorp, it was the final stop on the journey by the Prince of Wales and his two sons during the funeral of the Princess of Wales, and was seen on television screens across the world as they got off the train. Prince Charles and his sons took a different route to Althorp using Brington Road as the rest of the Royal Family and guests drove through the village of Long Buckby leaving the village via East Street to follow the main road to Northampton which Althorp lies on.
[edit] Services
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Rugby | London Midland Northampton loop |
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[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Long Buckby railway station from National Rail
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