Irchester railway station

Irchester
Location
Place Irchester
Area Northamptonshire
Operations
Original company Midland Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
History
1857 Opened
1960 Closed (passenger)
1965 Closed (goods)
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Irchester railway station was built by the Midland Railway in 1857 on its extension from Leicester to Bedford and Hitchin.

The station building was built on an overbridge. It closed for passenger traffic in 1960, and for goods in 1965.

The Irchester Bank is one of the steepest of five summit levels between Leicester and Bedford. The surrounding country provided important traffic to the line in the form of ironstone for the smelters in Derbyshire. [1]

Local campaigners have argued for the station to be reopened to serve as a 'park and ride' station for the nearby town of Rushden[2] which from June 2009 is looking more likely to happen.

Route

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Wellingborough   Midland Railway
Midland Main Line		   Sharnbrook

See also

Rushden Parkway railway station

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
  2. ^ "Support a Local as well as a Semi-Fast Train Service North of Bedford". Bedfordshire Railway & Transport Association (BRTA). 2003-06-10. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/sbates/brta/html/north_of_bedford.html. Retrieved 2009-02-20.