Weedon railway station was located to the north of Weedon Bec in Northamptonshire, England on the West Coast Main Line. It was a junction station, being the starting point of the Weedon to Leamington Spa branch line, with one bay platform dedicated for terminating branch line trains.
Weedon | |||||
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 Weedon station in the 1900s | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Weedon Bec, West Northamptonshire England | ||||
| Platforms | 3 (2 side, 1 bay) | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Demolished | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | London and Birmingham Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 17 September 1838 | Opened | ||||
| 19 Feb. 1888[1] | resited | ||||
| 15 September 1958 | Closed | ||||
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History
editThe station also housed a busy goods depot which was attacked by German aircraft during World War II.[2]
The station closed for passengers on 15 September 1958, concurrent with closure of the branch to Leamington Spa; it was demolished soon afterwards.[3]
Accidents and incidents
editTwo serious derailments occurred south of the station in 1915 and 1951, killing 10 and 15 people respectively.
Future
editTransport advocacy group Sustainable Transport Midlands is campaigning for a new parkway station to be built in Weedon to serve Daventry. In an interview with BBC News, Councillor Phil Larratt, West Northamptonshire Council cabinet member for Transport said 'West Northamptonshire Council supported new stations and a new facility at Weedon could "serve all the villages and communities between Daventry, Northampton and Towcester"'[4]
At present, the nearest operational station to Daventry and Weedon is Long Buckby.
Routes
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| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Welton Line open, station closed |
West Coast Main Line | Blisworth Line open, station closed | ||
| Daventry Line and station closed |
Weedon to Leamington Spa line | Terminus |
References
edit- ^ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 463
- ^ Weeden Bec
- ^ Weedon-Leamington Spa Line Closed The Railway Magazine issue 690 October 1958 page 727
- ^ "Daventry boy, 15, leads campaign for £20m new railway station". BBC News. 11 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
General
edit- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
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