Nassington railway station is a former railway station in Nassington,

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. It was owned by the London and North Western Railway but from 1883 to 1916 was also served by trains of the Great Northern Railway. It opened for passengers along with

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and King's Cliffe railway station on 1 November 1879, on a new section of line constructed from Wansford Line Junction at Seaton to Yarwell Junction at

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. Nassington station closed to passengers on 1 July 1957, (at the same time as Wansford railway station and

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, the next two stations east towards Peterborough), and to goods on 3 August 1957. The line remained open until the withdrawal of the passenger service from Rugby (Midland) to Peterborough (East) on 6 June 1966. On that date the section from Rugby (Midland) to King's Cliffe was closed completely, but the line east of King's Cliffe station remained open for goods traffic. On 3 June 1968 King's Cliffe station was closed to goods along with the track as far as the junction with a private siding into the ironstone quarries owned by Naylor Benzon west of Nassington station. The last train to the quarry ran on 4 January 1971, and the siding and railway at Nassington finally closed on 26 February 1971.Clinker C.R. (1988) – ''Clinker’s Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales, 1830 – 1980'' 2nd Edition Chippenham : Avon-AnliA ; page 99.

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Disused railway stations in Northamptonshire Former London and North Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1879 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1957 {{EastMidlands-railstation-stub