Desborough railway station
Desborough and Rothwell | |
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Remains of the station in 1993 | |
Location | |
Place | Desborough |
Area | Borough of Kettering |
Operations | |
Original company | Midland Railway |
Pre-grouping | Midland Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
History | |
8 May 1857 | Opened as Desborough |
1 October 1857 | Renamed Desborough for Rothwell |
1 November 1899 | Renamed Desborough and Rothwell |
1 January 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] The station building still stands, but the goods yard area is now built-over, mainly given over to a Co-Op store and car park.
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Market Harborough | Midland Railway Midland Main Line |
Glendon and Rushton |
References
- ↑ Radford, B., (1983) Midland Line Memories: a Pictorial History of the Midland Railway Main Line Between London (St Pancras) & Derby London: Bloomsbury Books
Coordinates: 52°26′41″N 0°49′07″W / 52.4446°N 0.8186°W
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