Castlethorpe railway station

Castlethorpe
Remains of the station (1991)
Location
Place	Castlethorpe
Area	Borough of Milton Keynes (ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire)
Coordinates	52°05′33″N 0°50′20″W / 52.0925°N 0.8388°W / 52.0925; -0.8388Coordinates: 52°05′33″N 0°50′20″W / 52.0925°N 0.8388°W / 52.0925; -0.8388
Grid reference	SP796444
Operations
Original company	London and Birmingham Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Platforms	4
History
2 August 1882^[1]	Opened
6 July 1964^[2]	Goods facilities withdrawn
6 September 1964	Closed
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Castlethorpe was a railway station serving the then Buckinghamshire village of the same name on the West Coast Main Line in England. The station was located south of the bridge over the current line on what remains Station Road.

History

Castlethorpe station was opened for goods in 1881 and the first passenger train arrived at 8.30am on Monday, 2 August 1882.

Closure

A strong campaign to keep the station open was mounted by the parish council and Sir Frank Markham, Member of Parliament for Buckingham. Robert Maxwell the prospective Labour Party candidate also got involved.^[3]

Routes

A 1911 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Castlethorpe (lower right)

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Roade Line open, station closed		London and North Western Railway West Coast Main Line		Wolverton Line and station open

Present day

The West Coast Main Line runs through the site of the station where sections of the platforms were still in situ in 2013. The buildings were demolished soon after closure.

References

↑ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1,
↑ Clinker, C.R. (October 1978). Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830-1977. Bristol: Avon-AngliA Publications & Services. ISBN 0-905466-19-5.
↑ Milton Keynes Heritage website regarding Castlethorpe station closure - 6 September 1964

Closed railway stations in Buckinghamshire

Banbury to Verney Junction Branch Line	Fulwell & Westbury Water Stratford Halt Radclive Halt Buckingham Padbury Verney Junction

Metropolitan Railway	Verney Junction Winslow Road Granborough Road

Varsity Line	Winslow Swanbourne Claydon Marsh Gibbon and Poundon

Brill Tramway	Waddesdon Road Westcott Wotton Wood Siding Brill

Wycombe Railway	Bledlow Loudwater Wooburn Green West Wycombe

Great Central Railway	Akeman Street Waddesdon Calvert Wotton

Newport Pagnell branch	Bradwell Great Linford Newport Pagnell

Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway	Brill and Ludgershall Dorton Halt Haddenham Ilmer Halt

Other lines	Aylesbury High Street Bledlow Bridge Halt Denbigh Hall Olney Penn South Aylesbury Halt Twyford Bridge Halt Castlethorpe

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