Weedon railway station was located to the north of

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, England on the

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. It was a

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, being the starting point of the Weedon to Leamington Spa branch line, with one bay platform dedicated for terminating branch line trains.

History

The station also housed a busy goods depot which was attacked by German aircraft during

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. The station closed for passengers on 15 September 1958, concurrent with closure of the branch to ; it was demolished soon afterwards.

Accidents and incidents

Two serious derailments occurred south of the station in 1915 and 1951, killing 10 and 15 people respectively.

Future

Transport advocacy group Sustainable Transport Midlands is campaigning for a new parkway station to be built in Weedon to serve

Daventry Daventry ( , historically ) is a market town and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority in Northamptonshire, England, close to the border with Warwickshire. At the 2021 Census Daventry had a population of 28,123, making ...

. In an interview with ''

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'', Councillor Phil Larratt,

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cabinet member for Transport said 'West Northamptonshire Council supported new stations and a new facility at Weedon could "serve all the villages and communities between Daventry, Northampton and

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"' At present, the nearest operational station to Daventry and Weedon is .

Routes

References

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External links

Weedon station on navigable 1954 O. S. map

Photograph of Weedon station - Flickr.com
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