Irchester | |
|---|---|
 Station remains in 2002 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Irchester, North Northamptonshire England |
| Coordinates | 52°17′04″N 0°38′05″W / 52.28431°N 0.63469°W |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Midland Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Midland Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1857 | Opened |
| 1960 | Closed (passenger) |
| 1965 | Closed (goods) |
Irchester railway station was built by the Midland Railway in 1857 on its extension from Leicester to Bedford and Hitchin in England.
The station building was built on an overbridge. It closed for passenger traffic in 1960, and for goods in 1965.
The Irchester Bank is one of the steepest of five summit levels between Leicester and Bedford. The surrounding country provided important traffic to the line in the form of ironstone for the smelters in Derbyshire.[1]
In the early twentyfirst century local campaigners argued for the station to be reopened to serve as a 'park and ride' station for the nearby town of Rushden.[2]
- ^ Radford, B., (1983) Midland Line Memories: a Pictorial History of the Midland Railway Main Line Between London (St Pancras) & Derby London: Bloomsbury Books
- ^ "Support a Local as well as a Semi-Fast Train Service North of Bedford". Bedfordshire Railway & Transport Association (BRTA). 10 June 2003. Archived from the original on 8 May 2008. Retrieved 30 July 2012. (Web site last updated September 2003)