Newport Pagnell railway station

Newport Pagnell railway station was a railway station that served Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, on the Wolverton–Newport Pagnell line. Opened in 1867 the station consisted of a brick built station building, and extensive goods facilities.

Newport Pagnell
LNWR Webb Coal Tank No. 58887 at Newport Pagnell in 1954.
Location
Place	Newport Pagnell
Area	Milton Keynes
Grid reference	SP871435
Operations
Original company	Newport Pagnell Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Platforms	1
History
2 September 1867	Station opened
7 September 1964	station closed (passengers)
22 May 1967	Station closed (completely)
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

The last passenger train ran on 6 September 1964 and the last goods train on 22 May 1967. The station site is now under Shepherd's Close, a modern residential development.[1]

Motive Power Depot

The London and North Western Railway opened a small motive power depot at the south side of the line near the station in 1886. This was closed 15 June 1955 and demolished.[2]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Great Linford Line and station closed		London and North Western Railway Wolverton to Newport Pagnell Line		Terminus

See also

Stations in and around Milton Keynes
West Coast Main Line towards Glasgow Central Northampton loop to Northampton Roade Bedford–Northampton line towards Northampton Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway Salcey Forest Hanslope Junction Castlethorpe Olney Wolverton and Stony Stratford Tramway towards Bedford Deanshanger Old Stratford Wolverton–Newport Pagnell line Stony Stratford Newport Pagnell Wolverton Works Great Linford Wolverton Bradwell East West Rail / Marston Vale line to Bedford Woburn Sands Bow Brickhill Milton Keynes Central Fenny Stratford Denbigh Hall Bletchley TMD Bletchley with planned high-level platforms former Varsity Line / planned East West Rail to Oxford Leighton Buzzard West Coast Main Line towards Euston

References

1. Disused stations: Newport Pagnell
2. Roger Griffiths and Paul Smith, The directory of British engine sheds:1 (Oxford Publishing Co., 1999), p.117. ISBN 0 86093 542 6.

External links

• Station on Disused Stations
• The station and goods yard (marked 'Wharf') on 1952 six-inch-scale O. S. map (National Library of Scotland)
• Plan of the station's layout