Elton railway station

This article is about former railway station in Huntingdonshire. For the operational railway station in Nottinghamshire, see Elton and Orston railway station. For the operational station in Cheshire, see Ince and Elton railway station. For the operational CTrain station, see Erlton/Stampede station.

Elton
Access road to Elton railway station, which was just beyond the cottages.
General information
LocationElton, Huntingdonshire
England
Grid referenceTL079948
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLondon and North Western Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
January 1847Station opened
7 December 1953Station closed[1]

Elton railway station is a former railway station in Elton, Cambridgeshire on former Northampton and Peterborough Railway which connected Peterborough with Northampton via Wellingborough.

The heritage Nene Valley Railway have aspirations of extending towards the site of Elton and onward to as far as a possible, new site at Oundle within the near future.

  1. ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 173. OCLC 931112387.