| 词条 | Tiffield railway station |
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|name = Tiffield |image = |caption = |locale = Tiffield |borough = South Northamptonshire |gridref = |line = Northampton and Banbury Junction Railway |platforms = 1 |years = October 1869[1] |events = Opened |years1 = February 1871[2] |events1 = Closed |events2 = Last racecourse special calls |years2 = 1908[3] }} Tiffield was a short-lived experimental railway station situated at the highest point of the Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway which opened in 1869 to serve the Northamptonshire village of Tiffield, only to close two years later. HistoryThe Northampton & Banbury Junction Railway, a forerunner of the Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway, opened a line in 1866 which linked its Towcester station with the London and North Western Railway's station at {{stnlnk|Blisworth}} on their London to Birmingham line. An experimental passenger station was opened at Tiffield Summit, the highest point of the line, in October 1869.[3] It consisted of little more than a timber landing stage and saw regular passenger services only until February 1871, although special services on Towcester racedays may have called at the station up to around 1908. The location of the station did not make it popular with the locomotive crew as up trains would have had a great deal of difficulty in making a standing start on such a steep uphill gradient.[4] {{Disused Rail Start}}{{rail line|previous=Towcester|next=Blisworth|route=SMJRNorthampton and Banbury Junction Railway |col={{SMJ colour}} }}{{End}} Present dayThe station site, which used to teem with rabbits hunted by at least one locomotive driver,[5] now forms part of the Tiffield Pocket Park, a 1 km section of the trackbed which was purchased by local businessman John Mawby as a wildlife refuge after the line's closure and leased to Tiffield Parish Council in 2001 for 25 years.[6] References1. ^Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, {{ISBN|1-85260-508-1}}, p. 230. {{coord|52.161941|-0.982159|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=title}}{{Closed_stations Northamptonshire}}2. ^{{Cite book | author=Clinker, C.R. | authorlink= | title=Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830-1977 | date=October 1978 | publisher=Avon-AngliA Publications & Services | location=Bristol | isbn=0-905466-19-5 | page=135}} 3. ^{{Cite book | last=Kingscott | first=Geoffrey | authorlink= | title=Lost Railways of Northamptonshire (Lost Railways Series) | year=2008 | publisher=Countryside Books | location=Newbury, Berkshire | isbn=978-1-84674-108-1 | page=116}} 4. ^1 {{Cite book | first = R.C. | last = Riley | authorlink= |author2=Simpson, B. | title=A History of the Stratford-upon-Avon & Midland Junction Railway | year=1999 | publisher=Lamplight Publications | location=Witney, Oxon | isbn=978-1-899246-20-5| page=91}} 5. ^Kingscott, G., p. 109. 6. ^Northamptonshire Pocket Parks, "Tiffield Pocket Park". 5 : Disused railway stations in Northamptonshire|Former Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway stations|Railway stations opened in 1869|Railway stations closed in 1871|1869 establishments in England |
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