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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Thrapston Midland Road Railway Station

Thrapston Midland Road railway station is a former railway station on the Kettering, Thrapston and Huntingdon Railway line from Kettering. The station officially closed to Passengers on 15 June 1959. However the actual last passengers left the platform on the 8.30pm from Kettering on the evening of 13 June 1959. The train was hauled by steam locomotive and tender 46467 a Class 2 Ivatt LMS Mogul 2-6-0.

Thrapston Station Quarry, formerly called Thrapston Midland Railway Station Quarry, is a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest.

A sound recording of the last passenger train to leave Thrapston Midland Road Station in 1959


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Twywell   Midland Railway
Kettering to Huntingdon Line
  Raunds

See also

References

  1. ^ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
  2. ^ 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. p. 135. ISBN 0-905466-19-5.
  3. ^ Wally Jacques, Contemporaneous Audio Record (1959)
  4. ^ "Thrapston Station Quarry citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 20 February 2017.

52°23′23″N 0°32′16″W / 52.3898°N 0.5379°W / 52.3898; -0.5379