Former railway station in Northamptonshire, England
Towcester
General information
Location
Towcester, West Northamptonshire England
Grid reference
SP689494
Platforms
3
Other information
Status
Disused
History
Original company
Northampton and Banbury Junction Railway
Pre-grouping
Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway
Post-grouping
London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 May 1866[1]
Opened
7 April 1952
Closed to passengers
3 February 1964[2]
Goods facilities withdrawn
Towcester was a railway station on the Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway which served the town of Towcester in Northamptonshire, England between 1866 and 1964.
It once served as an interchange for services to Stratford, Banbury and Olney. It also saw substantial traffic on racedays at Towcester Racecourse. Its closure came as the various interconnecting lines to the station closed one by one in the 1950s and 1960s. Passenger services ended in 1952, predating the Beeching closures.
^Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 232.
^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.
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