Rushden railway station

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Rushden
General information
Location	East Northamptonshire
Owned by	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Line(s)	Midland Railway
Platforms	1
Key dates
1 May 1894	Opened
15 June 1959	Station closes to passengers^[1]
1 September 1969	Station closes completely ^[1]
1996	Bought by Rushden Historical Transport Society^[2]

Rushden railway station is a railway station that once served the town of Rushden in Northamptonshire, England. It is now a heritage station at the end of a short running line.

The station was an intermediate stop on the Wellingborough to Higham Ferrers railway branch line, originally established by the Midland Railway. It closed completely in 1969, British Rail having withdrawn passenger services ten years previously.

In 1996 the station was bought by the Rushden Historical Transport Society. Since then the station has been restored to its former glory and forms the headquarters of the society and includes the Rushden Station Railway Museum. One of the society's aims is to re-open the line between Wellingborough and Higham Ferrers as the Rushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway.

Preceding station	Heritage railways	Following station
Terminus		Rushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway	Terminus
	Disused railways
Wellingborough Line closed, station open		Midland Railway Rushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway	Higham Ferrers Line and station closed
	Proposed Heritage railways
Wellingborough Line closed, station open		Rushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway	Higham Ferrers Line and station closed

References

^ ^a ^b [1] Accessed 1 July 2010
^ Rushden Historical Transport Society: Rushden station Accessed 1 July 2010

52°17′41″N 0°35′53″W / 52.29460°N 0.59818°W / 52.29460; -0.59818

v t e Railway stations in Northamptonshire
Chiltern Main Line	Kings Sutton
Midland Main Line	Kettering Wellingborough
Oakham to Kettering Line	Corby Kettering
West Coast Main Line	Long Buckby Northampton
Heritage railways	Boughton Pitsford and Brampton Spratton Proposed Brixworth Proposed Lamport Proposed Rushden Higham Ferrers Proposed Oundle (NVR) Proposed ^{[by whom?]}
Current operators	█ Avanti West Coast █ Chiltern Railways █ East Midlands Railway █ Great Western Railway █ West Midlands Trains
UK railway stations: C K L N W

v t e Closed railway stations in Northamptonshire
Northampton–Market Harborough line	Clipston and Oxendon Kelmarsh Lamport Brixworth Spratton Pitsford and Brampton
Banbury to Blisworth	Farthinghoe Helmdon Village Wappenham Towcester Tiffield
Stratford-upon-Avon & Midland Junc Rly	Byfield Morton Pinkney Blakesley Stoke Bruern Salcey Forest
Northampton and Peterborough Railway	Northampton Bridge Street Billing Castle Ashby & Earls Barton Wellingborough London Road Ditchford Irthlingborough Ringstead & Addington Thrapston Bridge Street Thorpe Barnwell Oundle
Rugby to Peterborough East	Wakerley and Barrowden King's Cliffe Nassington
Market Harborough to Bedford	Desborough Glendon and Rushton Isham & Burton Latimer Finedon Irchester
Higham Ferrers branch	Rushden Higham Ferrers
Great Central Main Line	Charwelton Woodford Halse Culworth Helmdon Brackley Central Eydon Road Halt
Northampton loop	Kilsby & Crick Althorp Park Church Brampton
Rugby–Bletchley	Welton Weedon Blisworth Roade
Kettering–Huntingdon	Cranford Twywell Thrapston Midland Road Raunds
Kettering–Melton Mowbray	Geddington Gretton Harringworth
Rugby and Stamford Railway	Yelvertoft & Stanford Park
Weedon–Marton Junction	Daventry Braunston
Other stations	Ashley & Weston Aynho Park Aynho for Deddington Brackley Town Northampton St. John's Street Piddington

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