Brackley railway station

This article is about the London and North Western Railway station. For the Great Central Railway station, see Brackley Central railway station.

Brackley Town
Brackley LNWR station in 1961
General information
LocationBrackley, West Northamptonshire
England
Grid referenceSP585365
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyBuckinghamshire Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 May 1850Opened[1]
1 July 1950Renamed (Brackley Town)[2]
2 January 1961Closed to passengers[3]
2 December 1963Closed to goods[4]

Brackley Town was a railway station which served the Northamptonshire town of Brackley in England. It opened in 1850 as part of the Buckinghamshire Railway's branch line to Verney Junction which provided connections to Banbury, Bletchley and Oxford and closed in 1963.

  1. ^ Subterranea Britannica, "Brackley", 30 March 2006.
  2. ^ Clinker, C.R., p. 156.
  3. ^ Butt, R.V.J., p. 41.
  4. ^ Clinker, C.R., p. 17.