Billing railway station
Appearance
Billing | |
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![]() View southward over level-crossing in 1965 | |
General information | |
Location | nr Cogenhoe, West Northamptonshire England |
Grid reference | SP815607 |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
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 |
Key dates | |
December 1845 | Opened as Billing Road |
1 April 1883 | Station renamed Billing |
6 October 1952 | Station closed to passengers[1] |
1 June 1964 | Station closed to goods[2] |
Billing railway station is a former railway station in Northamptonshire on the former Northampton and Peterborough Railway which connected Peterborough and Northampton.[3] In 1846 the line, along with the London and Birmingham, became part of the London and North Western Railway.
At
London Midland and Scottish Railway
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The former service
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Banbury%2C_Blisworth%2C_Cockley_Brake%2C_Fenny_Compton%2C_Northampton%2C_Ravenstone_Wood%2CRoade%2C_Stratford_on_Avon%2C_Towcester%2C_%26_Woodford_%26_Hinton_RJD_2.jpg/220px-Banbury%2C_Blisworth%2C_Cockley_Brake%2C_Fenny_Compton%2C_Northampton%2C_Ravenstone_Wood%2CRoade%2C_Stratford_on_Avon%2C_Towcester%2C_%26_Woodford_%26_Hinton_RJD_2.jpg)
The service was from Peterborough to Northampton via Wellingborough. The station opened in 1845 and closed in 1952 to passengers.
Former Services
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Northampton Bridge Street | London and North Western Railway Northampton and Peterborough Railway |
Castle Ashby & Earls Barton |
References
- ^ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
- ISBN 0-905466-19-5.
- ^ British Railways Atlas.1947. p.17
External links
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