| Manton | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Place | Manton |
| Area | Rutland |
| Grid reference | SK883040 |
| Operations | |
| Pre-grouping | Midland Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways |
| Platforms | 4 |
| History | |
| 20 March 1848 | Opened as Manton for Uppingham |
| 1 December 1879 | Kettering branch opened to passengers. |
| 1 October 1934 | renamed Manton |
| 6 June 1966 | Closed. [1] |
| 1967 | Kettering branch closed to passengers. |
| 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–Z |
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Manton railway station or Manton Junction is a former railway station serving the villages of Manton and Wing in the county of Rutland. Opened in 1848 by the Syston and Peterborough Railway, it was situated off the road connecting the two villages and was just over a mile from each, or just over half a mile by the public footpaths that were soon established. It was one of only a handful of stations in the small county of Rutland. Today only Oakham station is still open.
It was also the railhead for Uppingham, just over three and a half miles away, and remained so for many journeys even after Uppingham gained its own station in the form of the LNWR branch line from Seaton.[2]
In 1879 Manton became a junction when the Kettering to Manton line was opened. Together with the Melton Mowbray to Nottingham line opened at the same time, this provided the Midland Railway with a new main line to Nottingham.
The station closed in 1966 and the station buildings are now used as a small industrial area.
The Kettering line closed to passengers in 1967 but reopened in 2009 although with only a single train in each direction. The line remains important for freight and is occasionally used as a diversionary route for main line passenger trains.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakham | Midland Railway Leicester to Peterborough |
Luffenham | ||
| Midland Railway Nottingham to Kettering |
Harringworth | |||