Manton railway station

Manton
Location
Place	Manton
Area	Rutland
Grid reference	SK883040
Operations
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Platforms	4
History
20 March 1848	Opened as Manton for Uppingham
1 December 1879	Kettering branch opened to passengers.
1 October 1934	renamed Manton
6 June 1966	Closed.
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Manton railway station or Manton Junction is a former railway station serving the villages of Manton and Wing in the county of Rutland. Opened in 1848 by the Syston and Peterborough Railway, it was situated off the road connecting the two villages and was just over a mile from each, or just over half a mile by the public footpaths that were soon established. It was one of only a handful of stations in the small county of Rutland. Today only Oakham station is still open.

It was also the railhead for Uppingham, just over three and a half miles away, and remained so for many journeys even after Uppingham gained its own station in the form of the LNWR branch line from Seaton.

In 1879 Manton became a junction when the Kettering to Manton line was opened. Together with the Melton Mowbray to Nottingham line opened at the same time, this provided the Midland Railway with a new main line to Nottingham. Post-World War 2, Manton was the sole calling point between Nottingham Midland and Kettering for "The Robin Hood", a named express service which operated from 1959 to 1962 between Nottingham and London St Pancras.

The station closed in 1966 and the station buildings are now used as a small industrial area.

The Kettering line closed to passengers in 1967 but reopened in 2009 with currently two trains in each direction. The line remains important for freight and is occasionally used as a diversionary route for main line passenger trains.

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