Kelmarsh railway station on the Northampton and Market Harborough railway

Northampton to Market Harborough line

The Northampton to Market Harborough line is a closed railway line in England. It opened on 16 February 1859 and finally closed on 16th August 1981. The former trackbed is used by the Brampton Valley Way and part of the route has been re-opened as the Northampton & Lamport Railway.-History:In 1851...

 opened on 16 February 1859 serving the villages of Kelmarsh

Kelmarsh

Kelmarsh is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire, England. The village is on the A508, close to its junction with the A14 about south of Market Harborough and north of Northampton.-Buildings:...

 and Arthingworth

Arthingworth

Arthingworth is a civil parish and village in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire, England.-Location:The nearest towns are Market Harborough about north and Kettering east via the A14 road which connects the town to the M1, M6 and M11 motorways.-Buildings of note:The church of...

, Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...

, England. It ran almost equidistant between the two villages which are just under 2 miles (3.2 km) apart north-east of Kelmarsh and south-west of Arthingworth. It was part of the London and North Western Railway

London and North Western Railway

The London and North Western Railway was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. It was created by the merger of three companies – the Grand Junction Railway, the London and Birmingham Railway and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway...

. The next station north, Clipston and Oxendon

Clipston and Oxendon railway station

Clipston and Oxendon railway station on the Northampton and Market Harborough railway opened in 1863 as a result of villagers' requests serving the villages of Clipston and Great Oxendon, Northamptonshire, England. It was about 1 mile south-east of the Oxendon and about 3 miles walking distance...

 serving the villages of Great Oxendon

Great Oxendon

Great Oxendon is a linear village and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 307 people....

 and Clipston was situated south of Oxendon tunnel

Oxendon Tunnel

The Oxendon Tunnels are disused railway tunnels in Northamptonshire, England. The Northampton to Market Harborough line opened in 1859 and had tunnels at Oxendon and nearby at Kelmarsh....

. To the south, Lamport

Lamport railway station

Lamport railway station on the Northampton and Market Harborough railway opened on 16 February 1859 serving the villages of Lamport, Maidwell, Hanging Houghton as well as Lamport Hall, Northamptonshire, England. It ran half a mile west of the village towards Maidwell just north of the road which...

 was accessed via Kelmarsh tunnel

Kelmarsh Tunnel

The Kelmarsh Tunnels are disused railway tunnels in Northamptonshire, England. The Northampton to Market Harborough line opened in 1859 and had tunnels at Kelmarsh and nearby Oxendon....

.

The station lost its passenger service on 4 January 1960. The line was re-opened for limited periods after that and not closed completely until 15 August 1981. The Heritage Northampton & Lamport Railway

Northampton & Lamport Railway

The Northampton & Lamport Railway is a standard gauge heritage railway in Northamptonshire, England. It is based at Pitsford and Brampton station, near the villages of Pitsford and Chapel Brampton, roughly north of Northampton.-Overview:...

hopes that it may eventually re-open the route.