Billing railway station

Billing

View southward over level-crossing in 1965
Location
Place nr Cogenhoe
Area South Northamptonshire
Grid reference SP815607
Operations
Original company London and Birmingham Railway
Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
Platforms 2
History
December 1845 Opened as Billing Road
1 April 1883 Station renamed Billing
6 October 1952 Station closed to passengers[1]
1 June 1964 Station closed to goods[2]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Billing railway station is a former railway station in Northamptonshire on the former Northampton and Peterborough Railway which connected Peterborough and Northampton.[3] In 1846 the line, along with the London and Birmingham, became part of the London and North Western Railway.

At grouping in 1923 it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway.

The former service

A 1911 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Billing

The service was from Peterborough to Northampton via Wellingborough. The station opened in 1845 and closed in 1952 to passengers.

Former Services
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Northampton Bridge Street   London and North Western Railway
Northampton and Peterborough Railway
  Castle Ashby & Earls Barton

References

  1. Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
  2. Clinker, C.R. (October 1978). Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830-1977. Bristol: Avon-AngliA Publications & Services. p. 12. ISBN 0-905466-19-5.
  3. British Railways Atlas.1947. p.17

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Coordinates: 52°14′18″N 0°48′28″W / 52.23847°N 0.80791°W / 52.23847; -0.80791

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