Raunds railway station

Raunds
Location
Place Raunds
Area East Northamptonshire
Operations
Original company Midland Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
History
1 March 1866 (1866-03-01) opened
15 June 1959 Station closes 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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Raunds railway station is a railway station that once served the town of Raunds in Northamptonshire, England. The station was an intermediate stop on the Kettering to Cambridge railway line that closed in 1959.

The station is fairly inconveniently situated 1.75 miles from the town itself. At one time there were plans to extend the Wellingborough - Higham Ferrers branch to Raunds, but the plan was blocked by land owners.

The Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway (the forerunner of the Great Central Railway) proposed a line from Doncaster to Raunds in an early version of its bid to build a trunk line to the capital. This line never came to fruition, and the company eventually built its London Extension via Nottingham, Leicester, Rugby and Brackley.

See also

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Thrapston Midland Road   Midland Railway   Kimbolton

References

    Coordinates: 52°21′01″N 0°30′10″W / 52.3503°N 0.5028°W / 52.3503; -0.5028

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