Desborough railway station

Desborough and Rothwell
Location
Place Desborough
Area Northamptonshire
Operations
Original company Midland Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
History
1857 Opened
1968 Closed
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Desborough railway station was built by the Midland Railway in 1857 on its extension from Leicester to Bedford and Hitchin.

Later called Desborough and Rothwell it closed in 1968.[1]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Market Harborough   Midland Railway
Midland Main Line
  Glendon and Rushton

References

  1. ^ Radford, B., (1983) Midland Line Memories: a Pictorial History of the Midland Railway Main Line Between London (St Pancras) & Derby London: Bloomsbury Books