Rushden railway station is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in Track (rail transport), tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the ...

that once served the town of

Rushden Rushden is a market town and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England, around east of Northampton. The parish is on the border with Bedfordshire, north of Bedford. The parish of Rushden covers an area of some . The population of Rushd ...

Northamptonshire Northamptonshire (; abbreviated Northants.) is a county in the East Midlands of England. In 2015, it had a population of 723,000. The county is administered by two unitary authorities: North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. It ...

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. It is now a heritage station at the end of a short running line.

History

The station was an intermediate stop on the

Higham Ferrers branch line The Higham Ferrers branch line was a short railway branch built in Northamptonshire, England, by the Midland Railway to serve the industrial towns of Rushden and Higham Ferrers. It was originally intended to continue the line to Raunds, but that ...

, originally established by the

Midland Railway The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844. The Midland was one of the largest railway companies in Britain in the early 20th century, and the largest employer in Derby, where it had its headquarters. It ama ...

. It closed completely in 1969,

British Rail British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most of the overground rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the Big Four (British ra ...

having withdrawn passenger services ten years previously.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, and forms the headquarters of the society and includes the

Rushden Station Railway Museum The Rushden, Higham and Wellingborough Railway is a heritage railway operated by the Rushden Historical Transport Society in the town of Rushden in the county of Northamptonshire, England. The aim of the society was to reopen most of the f ...

. The heritage railway now operates as the

Rushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway The Rushden, Higham and Wellingborough Railway is a heritage railway operated by the Rushden Historical Transport Society in the town of Rushden in the county of Northamptonshire, England. The aim of the society was to reopen most of the for ...

Stationmasters

*Henry Pitt 1893 - 1914 (formerly station master at Finedon, afterwards station master at Cheltenham) *John Charles Gregory 1914 - 1929 (formerly station master at Hitchin) *C.V. Bunker from 1936 (formerly station master at Pye Bridge)

References

Heritage railway stations in Northamptonshire Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1969 Rushden Former Midland Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1894 {{EastMidlands-railstation-stub

History

Stationmasters

See also

References