Althorp Park railway station

Althorp Park railway station served the area of Althorp Estate in Northamptonshire, England. The station, which was situated on the Northampton Loop Line, was adjacent to Althorp House, the ancestral seat of the Spencers, the family of Diana, Princess of Wales.

Althorp Park
The site of the station in 2006
General information
Location	Althorp, West Northamptonshire England
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 December 1881	Station opens
13 June 1960	Station closed
Location

History

Opened by the London and North Western Railway, it joined the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The station was closed by the British Transport Commission in 1960.

The site today

Trains still pass at speed on the West Coast Main Line, as part of the Northampton Loop Line.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Long Buckby Line and station open		London and North Western Railway Northampton Loop		Church Brampton Line open, station closed

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.

External links

• Photograph of Althorp Park station from 1953 - Flickr.com
• Station on navigable 1954 O.S. map

52°17′25″N 1°00′09″W / 52.290278°N 1.002547°W / 52.290278; -1.002547

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Legend
Birmingham Loop Line     Trent Valley line   Trent Valley Junction   Rugby   Hillmorton Junction         Rugby Parkway (proposed)     Kilsby and Crick     Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT)     Daventry South Junction   Crick Tunnel   Watford Lodge Tunnel   Long Buckby   Althorp Park   Church Brampton     Northampton– Market Harborough line   Northampton                 Northampton–Peterborough line & Bedford–Northampton line     Blisworth     Hunsbury Hill Tunnel       Roade   Hanslope Junction   Castlethorpe   Wolverton   Milton Keynes Central   West Coast Main Line