Pitsford and Brampton railway station

Pitsford and Brampton
Station on Northampton & Lamport Railway
Managed by	London and North Western Railway
Platforms	3
Key dates
16 February 1859	Opened
5 June 1950	Closed
1984	Start of preservation
31 March 1996	Railway's Grand Opening

Pitsford and Brampton railway station is a

.

The station was once an intermediate stop on the

Northampton & Lamport Railway

.

History

The

Earl Spencer

wanted the station to be built at the point where the road between Chapel Brampton and Pitsford crossed the line. The railway company were reluctant to do this as the line was in a cutting at this point and the road was very poor. The Earl finally got his way, on condition that he paid for the road improvements.

The station opened on 16 February 1859 as "Pitsford" when the line opened to passenger traffic. In June 1859 it was renamed "Brampton and Pitsford", and then on 1 April 1860 it became "Brampton", then finally "Pitsford and Brampton" on 24 November 1881.[1]

The station had a very quiet career, never having many passengers. A special dock was built for loading sugar beet wagons, a very important local crop at one time. The beet dock was the only part of the station to survive demolition when the station finally closed on 5 June 1950.^[2]

Current station

and the station signal box which was moved from Little Bowden Crossing, near Market Harborough. The station has three platforms; a single bi-directional platform on the main running line and two north-facing bay platforms.

See also

• Northampton loop line
  .

Preceding station	Heritage railways			Following station
Merry Tom Halt (proposed)		Lamport Railway		Boughton
	Disused railways
Spratton		Northampton to Market Harborough line		Northampton (Castle)

References

Links

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