Weedon railway station

Weedon railway station was located to the north of Weedon Bec in Northamptonshire, England on the West Coast Main Line. It was a junction station, being the starting point of the Weedon to Leamington Spa branch line, with one bay platform dedicated for terminating branch line trains.

Weedon
Weedon station in the 1900s
General information
LocationWeedon Bec, West Northamptonshire
England
Platforms3 (2 side, 1 bay)
Other information
StatusDemolished
History
Original companyLondon and Birmingham Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
17 September 1838Opened
19 Feb. 1888[1]resited
15 September 1958Closed
Location
Map

History

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The station also housed a busy goods depot which was attacked by German aircraft during World War II.[2]

The station closed for passengers on 15 September 1958, concurrent with closure of the branch to Leamington Spa; it was demolished soon afterwards.[3]

Accidents and incidents

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Two serious derailments occurred south of the station in 1915 and 1951, killing 10 and 15 people respectively.

Future

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Transport advocacy group Sustainable Transport Midlands is campaigning for a new parkway station to be built in Weedon to serve Daventry. In an interview with BBC News, Councillor Phil Larratt, West Northamptonshire Council cabinet member for Transport said 'West Northamptonshire Council supported new stations and a new facility at Weedon could "serve all the villages and communities between Daventry, Northampton and Towcester"'[4]

At present, the nearest operational station to Daventry and Weedon is Long Buckby.

Routes

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A 1911 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Weedon (upper middle, in red)
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Welton
Line open, station closed
  West Coast Main Line   Blisworth
Line open, station closed
Daventry
Line and station closed
  Weedon to Leamington Spa line   Terminus

References

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  1. ^ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 463
  2. ^ Weeden Bec
  3. ^ Weedon-Leamington Spa Line Closed The Railway Magazine issue 690 October 1958 page 727
  4. ^ "Daventry boy, 15, leads campaign for £20m new railway station". BBC News. 11 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.

General

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52°14′04″N 1°04′52″W / 52.2344°N 1.0811°W / 52.2344; -1.0811