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Wellingborough London Road railway station

Wellingborough London Road
Wellingborough (London Road) Station geograph-2188652.jpg
A Peterborough - Northampton train in 1962
Location
Place Wellingborough
Area Borough of Wellingborough
Grid reference SP902665
Operations
Original company London and Birmingham Railway
Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
Platforms 2
History
2 June 1845 Opened (Wellingborough)
16 July 1924 Renamed (Wellingborough London Road)
4 May 1964 Closed to passengers
7 November 1966 Station closed to goods
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
170433 at Edinburgh Waverley.JPG

Wellingborough London Road railway station is a former railway station in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire on a line which connected Peterborough and Northampton.

This station was on an important junction with a link to the Midland Main Line at Wellingborough Midland Road which enabled through running from Northampton to Midland Road, Kettering and Leicester. The station remains have gone with the line ending under the A45.

The service was from Peterborough to Northampton via Wellingborough. The station opened in 1845 and closed in 1964 to passengers and closed fully in 1966.

Coordinates: 52°17′20″N 0°40′44″W / 52.2890°N 0.6789°W / 52.2890; -0.6789


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