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Piddington railway station

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History
Routes
Present day
References

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|name = Piddington
|image =
|caption =
|locale = Horton
|borough = South Northamptonshire
|gridref =
|line = Bedford & Northampton Railway
|pregroup = Midland Railway
|postgroup = London Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
|platforms = 2
|years = 10 June 1872^[1]
|events = Opened as Horton
|years1 = 1 May 1876
|events1 = Renamed Piddington & Horton
|years2 = 1 April 1904
|events2 = Renamed Piddington
|years3 = 5 March 1962
|events3 = Closed to passengers
|years4 = 7 September 1964
|events4 = Goods facilities withdrawn
}}

Piddington was a railway station on the former Bedford to Northampton Line. Despite its name, the station was located close to the village of Horton in Northamptonshire, approximately {{convert|2|mi}} from the village of Piddington.{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}}

History

By the 1870s, Piddington was linked to the national rail network by the Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway, known as the "SMJR",^[2] with a station at Salcey Forest to the West of Horton village. This part of the line ran from Towcester to Bedford via Blisworth and Stoke Bruerne with a connection to Northampton and the West Coast Main Line. It closed to passengers in 1951, and was later shut completely in the 1960s.

Routes

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St. John's Street|next=Olney|route=London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Bedford to Northampton Line|col=dc143c}}{{s-end}}

Present day

The station can be found off the B526 in Horton village. The route of the line is just to the northeast of the village. There is a proposal to reopen this line.^[3]^[4] Confusion sometimes occurs as there is a disused railway line in Piddington itself, however that is the former Stratford and Midland Junction Railway, which had no station at Piddington or Horton.

References

1. ^Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, {{ISBN|1-85260-508-1}}, p. 123.
2. ^{{cite web|title = Stratford and Midland Junction Railway (SMJ)|url =http://www.towcestersrailwayhistory.co.uk|accessdate = 2008-10-16}}
3. ^Sole Trader Self Employed, "Bedford - Olney - Northampton".
4. ^BBC News, "New bid to reopen old rail link", 21 June 2004.

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4 : Disused railway stations in Northamptonshire|Railway stations opened in 1872|Railway stations closed in 1962|Former Midland Railway stations

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