Kilsby and Crick was 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 tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

on the Northampton Loop Line serving the villages of

Kilsby Kilsby is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. It is situated a short distance south of the border with Warwickshire approximately five miles southeast of Rugby. The parish of Kilsby, which includes Barby Nortoft, was est ...

and

Crick Crick may refer to: Places * Crick, Monmouthshire, Wales * Crick, Northamptonshire, England * Crick Road, Oxford, England People with the name * Crick (surname) Other uses * Crick, the cricket from ''Beat Bugs'' * Francis Crick Institute ...

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 is ...

. It was located to the eastern side of where the railway crossed the

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at the site now occupied by the

Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT) is a rail-road intermodal freight terminal with an associated warehousing estate in Northamptonshire, England. The facility is located at the junctions between the M1 motorway, A5 and A428 ro ...

. It was located about a mile from Kilsby and one and a half from Crick. The station was opened along with the line in 1881, by the

London and North Western Railway The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. In the late 19th century, the L&NWR was the largest joint stock company in the United Kingdom. In 1923, it became a constituent of the Lo ...

which became part of the

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during the

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of 1923. The line then passed on to the

London Midland Region of British Railways The London Midland Region (LMR) was one of the six regions created on the formation of the nationalised British Railways (BR), and initially consisted of ex-London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) lines in England, Wales and Northern Irela ...

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in 1948. The station closed to passengers on 1 February

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and to goods on 6 July 1964. Most of the station was demolished, but part of the goods platform to the west of the A5 still survives.

References

* The Last Days Of Steam In Northamptonshire, by John M.C. Healy (1989)

External links

Kilsby and Crick station on navigable 1954 O. S. map

Photograph of Kilsby & Crick station - Flickr.com
{{Closed_stations_Northamptonshire Disused railway stations in Northamptonshire Former London and North Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1881 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1960 1881 establishments in England