Lilbourne railway station
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Lilbourne railway station was a railway station serving Lilbourne
and nearby Catthorpe
in Northamptonshire
, England
. It was on the Rugby and Stamford Railway between and .
in 1846 the directors of the London and Birmingham Railway
gained Parliamentary powers for a branch from to the Syston and Peterborough Railway
near . In the same year the company became part of the London and North Western Railway
. The section from Rugby via Lilbourne to was opened in 1850. The line through Lilbourne was single track until it was doubled at the end of 1878.
The 1923 grouping
made the LNWR part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway.
British Rail
ways closed the station in 1966. All that remains is the trackbed and a platform.
Lilbourne
Lilbourne is a village in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire in England. It is close to the M1 motorway which runs past the village, and the A5 road, east of the village. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 363 people.-History:...
and nearby Catthorpe
Catthorpe
Catthorpe is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. It is close to the A5 road which forms the border with Warwickshire - the nearest town is Rugby, about four miles south-west. The parish had a population of 179 according to the 2001 census. The parish...
in 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
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It was on the Rugby and Stamford Railway between and .
in 1846 the directors of the London and Birmingham Railway
London and Birmingham Railway
The London and Birmingham Railway was an early railway company in the United Kingdom from 1833 to 1846, when it became part of the London and North Western Railway ....
gained Parliamentary powers for a branch from to the Syston and Peterborough Railway
Syston and Peterborough Railway
The Syston and Peterborough Railway was an early railway in England opened between 1845 and 1848 to form a branch from the Midland Counties Railway at Syston just north of Leicester to Peterborough.-Origins:...
near . In the same year the company became 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 section from Rugby via Lilbourne to was opened in 1850. The line through Lilbourne was single track until it was doubled at the end of 1878.
The 1923 grouping
Railways Act 1921
The Railways Act 1921, also known as the Grouping Act, was an enactment by the British government of David Lloyd George intended to stem the losses being made by many of the country's 120 railway companies, move the railways away from internal competition, and to retain some of the benefits which...
made the LNWR part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway.
British Rail
British Rail
British Railways , which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the operator of most of the rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the "Big Four" British railway companies and lasted until the gradual privatisation of British Rail, in stages...
ways closed the station in 1966. All that remains is the trackbed and a platform.