Seaton railway station was a station serving the villages of Seaton,

Rutland Rutland () is a ceremonial county and unitary authority in the East Midlands, England. The county is bounded to the west and north by Leicestershire, to the northeast by Lincolnshire and the southeast by Northamptonshire. Its greatest len ...

, and

Harringworth Harringworth is a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England. It is located close to the border with Rutland, on the southern bank of the River Welland, and around north of Corby. At the 2001 Census, the population of the pa ...

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History

It was originally a minor intermediate station on the

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single track

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line, which opened in 1850. In 1873 it became a junction when the

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double tracked the line from

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to Seaton and opened a new double track line thence to

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was then operated as the main line and Seaton to Stamford as a branch line. In 1894 the branch line to

Uppingham Uppingham is a market town in Rutland, England, off the A47 between Leicester and Peterborough, south of the county town, Oakham. It had a population of 4,745 according to the 2011 census, estimated at 4,853 in 2019. It is known for its ep ...

was opened.

Midland Railway

The

Midland Railway The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844. The Midland was one of the largest railway companies in Britain in the early 20th century, and the largest employer in Derby, where it had its headquarters. It am ...

Kettering Kettering is a market and industrial town in North Northamptonshire, England. It is located north of London and north-east of Northampton, west of the River Ise, a tributary of the River Nene. The name means "the place (or territory) of Ket ...

to Manton line passes over the

Welland Viaduct Welland Viaduct, Harringworth Viaduct or Seaton Viaduct, crosses the valley of the River Welland between Harringworth in Northamptonshire and Seaton in Rutland, England. The viaduct is long and has 82 arches, each with a span. It is the l ...

a third of a mile to the east, and slightly to the north thereof, passed over the

and Stamford lines and the

twice. There was never a connection. The nearest station on the Midland was 1 mile away at

Closure

The

branch closed to passengers in 1960, and the

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.

Sample Train Timetable for April 1910

The table below shows the train departures from Seaton on weekdays in April 1910.Bradshaw's Railway Guide, April 1910.

References

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