Boughton railway station

This article is about the planned Northampton & Lamport Railway station. For the long-closed Boughton station in Nottinghamshire, see Boughton (Nottinghamshire) railway station.

Peckett steam locomotive at the site of Boughton station in May 2012

Site of Boughton railway station in 2008 before clearance work began.

Boughton is the name of a planned station on the Northampton & Lamport Railway, which is built on the former Northampton to Market Harborough line. It will be situated at the southern end of line adjacent to the former Boughton level crossing on the A5199. It is likely that Boughton will be the terminus of the railway for some time as to replace the level crossing will require large amounts of time and money.

The station will consist of a platform and run-round loop, with associated signalling controlled from a new signal box which was formerly installed at Betley Road near Crewe. Adjacent to the station site is The Windhover pub. The "Brampton View" care village for the elderly opened in 2008.

Boughton Crossing is also the southern end of the Brampton Valley Way, part of which has been diverted to make room for the passing loop at the station.

Preceding station	Heritage railways			Following station
Pitsford and Brampton		Northampton & Lamport Railway		Terminus

External links

Extension South progress from Northampton & Lamport Railway website

Railway stations in Northamptonshire

Chiltern Main Line	Kings Sutton

Midland Main Line	Kettering Wellingborough

Oakham to Kettering Line	Corby Kettering

West Coast Main Line	Long Buckby Northampton

Heritage railways	Boughton Proposed Pitsford and Brampton Spratton Proposed Brixworth Proposed Lamport Propsoed Rushden Higham Ferrers Proposed Oundle (NVR) Proposed

Current operators	█ Chiltern Railways █ East Midlands Trains █ Great Western Railway █ London Midland █ Virgin Trains

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Coordinates: 52°16′53″N 0°55′17″W / 52.28127°N 0.92125°W / 52.28127; -0.92125

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