Spratton railway station

Former railway station in Northamptonshire, England

Spratton railway station is a former railway station which served the village of Spratton in Northamptonshire, England.

The station was once an intermediate stop on the Northampton–Market Harborough line, which closed in 1981. A section of the route at Pitsford and Brampton station has now been revived as the headquarters of a heritage railway called the Northampton & Lamport Railway.

The preservation society which operates the line has a Light Railway Order up to and including Spratton, and it is likely a station will be rebuilt there in the future. The original signal box has been preserved and is stored awaiting re-use.

History

The branch line from Northampton to Market Harborough was opened by the London and North Western Railway on 16 February 1859. Spratton station opened in 1864^[1] adjacent to the level crossing where the line crossed the Spratton to Brixworth road, with four trains each way stopping daily.

Spratton station closed on 23 May 1949,^[2] and the line itself closed on 16 August 1981.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Brixworth		LNWR Northampton to Market Harborough line		Pitsford and Brampton

References

^ Kingscott, Geoffrey (2008). The Lost Railways of Northamptonshire. Reading: MRM Associates Ltd. ISBN 978-1-84674-108-1.
^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 399. OCLC 931112387.