Rushden railway station

Rushden
Location
Place	Rushden
Area	East Northamptonshire
Operations
Original company	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	1
History
1 May 1894	Opened
15 June 1959	Station closes to passengers^[1]
1 September 1969	Station closes completely ^[1]
1996	Bought by Rushden Historical Transport Society^[2]
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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Rushden railway station is a railway station that once served the town of Rushden in Northamptonshire, England. It is now a heritage station at the end of a short running line.

The station was an intermediate stop on the Wellingborough to Higham Ferrers railway branch line, originally established by the Midland Railway. It closed completely in 1969, British Rail having withdrawn passenger services ten years previously.

In 1996 the station was bought by the Rushden Historical Transport Society. Since then the station has been restored to its former glory and forms the headquarters of the society and includes the Rushden Station Railway Museum. One of the society's aims is to re-open the line between Wellingborough and Higham Ferrers as the Rushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway.

Preceding station	Heritage railways	Following station
Terminus		Rushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway	Terminus
	Disused railways
Wellingborough Line closed, station open		Midland Railway Rushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway	Higham Ferrers Line and station closed
	Proposed Heritage railways
Wellingborough Line closed, station open		Rushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway	Higham Ferrers Line and station closed

References

1 2 Accessed 1 July 2010
↑ Rushden Historical Transport Society: Rushden station Accessed 1 July 2010

Coordinates: 52°17′41″N 0°35′53″W / 52.29460°N 0.59818°W / 52.29460; -0.59818

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

UK railway stations: C K L N W

Closed railway stations in Northamptonshire

Northampton to Market Harborough Line	Clipston and Oxendon Kelmarsh Lamport Brixworth Spratton Pitsford and Brampton

Banbury to Blisworth	Farthinghoe Helmdon Village Wappenham Towcester Tiffield

Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway	Byfield Morton Pinkney Blakesley Stoke Bruern Salcey Forest

Northampton and Peterborough Railway	Northampton Bridge Street Billing Castle Ashby & Earls Barton Wellingborough London Road Ditchford Irthlingborough Ringstead & Addington Thrapston Bridge Street Thorpe Barnwell Oundle

Rugby to Peterborough East	Wakerley and Barrowden Kingscliffe Nassington

Market Harborough to Bedford	Desborough Glendon and Rushton Isham & Burton Latimer Finedon Irchester

Higham Ferrers branch	Rushden Higham Ferrers

Great Central Main Line	Charwelton Woodford Halse Culworth Helmdon Brackley Central Eydon Road Halt

Northampton Loop Line	Kilsby & Crick Althorp Park Church Brampton

Rugby to Bletchley	Welton Weedon Blisworth Roade

Kettering to Huntingdon	Cranford Twywell Thrapston Midland Road Raunds

Kettering to Melton Mowbray	Geddington Gretton Harringworth

Rugby and Stamford Railway	Lilbourne Yelvertoft & Stanford Park

Weedon to Marton Junction	Daventry Braunston

Other stations	Ashley & Weston Aynho Park Aynho for Deddington Brackley Town Northampton St. John's Street Piddington

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Rushden railway station

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