Thrapston Bridge Street railway station

Thrapston Bridge Street
Station in 1966.
Location
Place	Thrapston
Area	East Northamptonshire
Grid reference	SP993787
Operations
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
Platforms	2
History
2 June 1845	Station opened as Thrapston
2 June 1924	Renamed Thrapston Bridge Street
4 May 1964	Station closed to passengers[1]
6 June 1965	Station closed to goods[2]
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See also Thrapston Midland Road

Thrapston Bridge Street railway station is a former railway station in Thrapston, Northamptonshire on the former Northampton and Peterborough Railway line which connected Peterborough and Northampton.^[3]

The station buildings were designed by the architect John William Livock.^[4]

In 1846 the line, along with the London and Birmingham, became part of the London and North Western Railway. At grouping in 1923 it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway.

The former service

The service was from Peterborough to Northampton via Wellingborough. The station opened in 1845 and closed in 1964 to passengers.

Former Services

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Ringstead & Addington		London and North Western Railway Northampton and Peterborough Railway		Thorpe

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. British Railways Atlas 1947, p. 17.
4. Pevsner, Nikolaus (1961). The Buildings of England. Northamptonshitre. Penguin Books.

External links

• Subterranea Britannica

Coordinates: 52°23′50″N 0°32′32″W / 52.3972°N 0.5421°W