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Seaton railway station (Rutland)

Seaton railway station was a station serving the villages of Seaton, Rutland, and Harringworth, Northamptonshire.

The location of Seaton Station, which served the villages of Harringworth and Seaton from 1851–1966.

History

It was originally a minor intermediate station on the London and North Western Railway single track Rugby and Stamford Railway line, which opened in 1850. In 1873 it became a junction when the LNWR double tracked the line from Rugby to Seaton and opened a new double track line thence to Wansford. Rugby to Peterborough was then operated as the main line and Seaton to Stamford as a branch line. In 1894 the branch line to Uppingham was opened.

Midland Railway

The Midland Railway Kettering to Manton line passes over the Welland Viaduct a third of a mile to the east, and slightly to the north thereof, passed over the Peterborough and Stamford lines and the Uppingham twice. There was never a connection. The nearest station on the Midland was 1 mile away at Harringworth.

Closure

The Uppingham branch closed to passengers in 1960, and the Rugby to Peterborough line and Stamford branch in 1966. The Great Northern Railway operated a service between Peterborough North and Leicester Belgrave Road between 1883 and 1916, when the service was withdrawn as a war economy. Today the station site is a private home and scrapyard and the station building itself is now at least in part a private residence.[2]


Sample Train Timetable for April 1910

The table below shows the train departures from Seaton on weekdays in April 1910.[3]

References

  1. ^ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
  2. ^ British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer.
  3. ^ Bradshaw's Railway Guide, April 1910.

52°34′18″N 0°39′38″W / 52.5716°N 0.6605°W / 52.5716; -0.6605