Billing | |
|---|---|
 View southward over level-crossing in 1965 | |
| General information | |
| Location | nr Cogenhoe, West Northamptonshire England |
| Grid reference | SP815607 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| 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 |
| Key dates | |
| December 1845 | Opened as Billing Road |
| 1 April 1883 | Station renamed Billing |
| 6 October 1952 | Station closed to passengers[1] |
| 1 June 1964 | Station closed to goods[2] |
Billing railway station is a former railway station in Northamptonshire on the former Northampton and Peterborough Railway which connected Peterborough and Northampton.[3] In 1846 the line, along with the London and Birmingham, became part of the London and North Western Railway.
At grouping in 1923 it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway.
- ^ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
- ^ Clinker, C.R. (October 1978). Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830-1977. Bristol: Avon-AngliA Publications & Services. p. 12. ISBN 0-905466-19-5.
- ^ British Railways Atlas.1947. p.17