Thrapston Midland Road railway station

Thrapston Midland Road railway station is a former railway station on the Kettering, Thrapston and Huntingdon Railway line from Kettering. The station officially closed to Passengers on 15 June 1959. However the actual last passengers left the platform on the 8.30pm from Kettering on the evening of 13 June 1959. The train was hauled by steam locomotive and tender 46467 a Class 2 Ivatt LMS Mogul 2-6-0.[3]

See also: Thrapston Bridge Street railway station

Thrapston Midland Road
Location
Place	Thrapston
Area	East Northamptonshire
Operations
Original company	Kettering, Thrapston & Huntingdon Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Platforms	2
History
1 March 1866	Station opened as Thrapstone
1 October 1885	Renamed Thrapston
2 June 1924	Renamed Thrapston Midland Road
15 June 1959	Station closed to passengers[1]
28 October 1963	Station closed to goods[2]
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

Thrapston Station Quarry, formerly called Thrapston Midland Railway Station Quarry, is a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest.[4]

A sound recording of the last passenger train to leave Thrapston Midland Road Station in 1959 

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Twywell		Midland Railway Kettering to Huntingdon Line		Raunds

See also

• List of closed railway stations in Britain

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. Wally Jacques, Contemporaneous Audio Record (1959)
4. "Thrapston Station Quarry citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 20 February 2017.