Long Buckby railway station
Long Buckby railway station is a small railway station next to the village of Long Buckby, Northamptonshire, England. It is the nearest railway station for the larger town of Daventry, 4 miles (6.4 km) away.
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 London Midland Class 350 calling at Long Buckby | |
| Location | |
| Place | Long Buckby |
| Local authority | District of Daventry |
| Grid reference | SP623666 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | LBK |
| Managed by | London Northwestern Railway |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
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| History | |
| Original company | London and North Western Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| 1 February 1881 | Station opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Long Buckby from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
The station is on the Northampton loop of the West Coast Main Line. It is served by West Midlands Trains services to Birmingham New Street, Northampton and London Euston. For Avanti West Coast inter-city services passengers should change at Rugby, the next station to the west.
The station was opened along with the line in 1881, by the London and North Western Railway, it is the only remaining station between Northampton and Rugby; three others opened at the same time (Kilsby and Crick, Althorp Park and Church Brampton) are now closed.
The station facilities are very basic, the original station buildings were demolished and replaced with simple 'bus shelter' type shelters on the platforms. A cabin next to the car park now serves as the part-time ticket office.
Services
Long Buckby is served by three West Midlands Trains services per hour in each direction: i.e., three northwestbound to Birmingham New Street via Rugby and Coventry, and three southeastbound to Northampton and London Euston.[1] As of 2016, the station has a part-time ticket office.
On Sundays there is an hourly New Street to Euston via Northampton that calls, along with the hourly West Midland Trains service between London Euston and Crewe via the Trent Valley Line and Stoke-on-Trent. The latter service also runs on Monday to Saturday but does not call here or at Northampton (it runs instead direct between Milton Keynes and Rugby).
Royal funeral
Since the closure of Althorp Park station in 1960, Long Buckby has been the nearest station to Althorp, the family home of the Earls Spencer. In 1997 Long Buckby station was where the Prince of Wales, Prince William and Prince Harry arrived from London after the Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales. Prince Charles and his sons took a different route to Althorp using Brington Road while the rest of the Royal Family and guests were driven through the village of Long Buckby leaving the village via East Street to follow the main Northampton road to Althorp.
References
- GB National Rail Timetable December 2015 – May 2016, Table 68
| Preceding station | |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rugby | London Northwestern Railway London or Northampton - Birmingham |
Northampton | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Kilsby and Crick Line open, station closed |
London and North Western Railway Northampton Loop |
Althorp Park Line open, station closed | ||
External links
- Train times and station information for Long Buckby railway station from National Rail
- Old photograph of the station from 1952 - flickr.com