Spratton railway station
{{Short description|Former railway station in Northamptonshire, England}}
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Spratton railway station is a former railway station which served the village of Spratton in Northamptonshire, England.
The station was once an intermediate stop on the Northampton–Market Harborough line, which closed in 1981. A section of the route at Pitsford and Brampton station has now been revived as the headquarters of a heritage railway called the Northampton & Lamport Railway.
The preservation society which operates the line has a Light Railway Order up to and including Spratton, and it is likely a station will be rebuilt there in the future. The original signal box has been preserved and is stored awaiting re-use.
History
The branch line from Northampton to Market Harborough was opened by the London and North Western Railway on 16 February 1859. Spratton station opened in 1864{{Cite book | author=Kingscott, Geoffrey | title=The Lost Railways of Northamptonshire | year=2008 | publisher=MRM Associates Ltd. | location=Reading | isbn=978-1-84674-108-1}} adjacent to the level crossing where the line crossed the Spratton to Brixworth road, with four trains each way stopping daily.
Spratton station closed on 23 May 1949,{{cite book|last=Quick|first=M. E.|title=Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology|year=2002|publisher=Railway and Canal Historical Society|location=Richmond|page=399|oclc=931112387}} and the line itself closed on 16 August 1981.
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References
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External links
- [http://www.nlr.org.uk/ Northampton & Lamport Railway website]
- [http://www.npemap.org.uk/tiles/map.html#473,270,1 Spratton station on navigable 1952 OS map]
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Category:Disused railway stations in Northamptonshire
Category:Former London and North Western Railway stations
Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1864
Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1949
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