Raunds railway station

Raunds railway station is a railway station that once served the town of Raunds in Northamptonshire, England. The railway station was an intermediate stop on the Kettering, Thrapston and Huntingdon Railway line that closed in 1959.

Raunds
LocationRaunds, East Northamptonshire
England
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 March 1866 (1866-03-01)opened
15 June 1959Station closes to passengers

The railway station was fairly inconveniently situated 1.75 miles from the town itself. At one time there were plans to extend the Wellingborough - Higham Ferrers branch to Raunds, but the plan was blocked by land owners.

The Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway (the forerunner of the Great Central Railway) proposed a line from Doncaster to Raunds in an early version of its bid to build a trunk line to the capital. This line never came to fruition, and the company eventually built its London Extension via Nottingham, Leicester, Rugby and Brackley.

See also
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Thrapston Midland Road   Midland Railway
Kettering to Huntingdon Line		   Kimbolton

References


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