Irthlingborough railway station is a former railway station in

Irthlingborough Irthlingborough () is a town on the River Nene in North Northamptonshire, England. It had a population of 8,900 at the 2011 census and was the smallest town in England to have had a Football League team, Rushden & Diamonds F.C., prior to the ...

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 ...

, on the former

Northampton and Peterborough Railway The Northampton and Peterborough Railway was an early railway promoted by the London and Birmingham Railway (L&BR) to run from a junction at Blisworth on the L&BR main line to Northampton and Peterborough, in England. The construction of the lin ...

line which connected

Peterborough Peterborough () is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, east of England. It is the largest part of the City of Peterborough unitary authority district (which covers a larger area than Peterborough itself). It was part of Northamptonshire until ...

and Northampton. In 1846 the line, along with the

London and Birmingham Railway The London and Birmingham Railway (L&BR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom, in operation from 1833 to 1846, when it became part of the London and North Western Railway (L&NWR). The railway line which the company opened in 1838, betw ...

, became part of the London and North Western Railway. The station was opened by the

on 2 June 1845, and was named ''Higham Ferrers''. It was renamed ''Higham Ferrers and Irthlingborough'' on 28 April 1885, and renamed ''Irthlingborough'' on 1 October 1910. It was closed to passengers by British Railways on 4 May 1964. At grouping in 1923 it became part of the

London Midland and Scottish Railway The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSIt has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with LNER, GWR and SR. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway's corporate image used LMS, and this is what is generally ...

The former service

The service was from Peterborough to Northampton via Wellingborough. The station opened in 1845 and closed in 1964 to passengers.

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Irthlingborough station on Subterranea Britannica
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1845 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964 Disused railway stations in Northamptonshire Former London and Birmingham Railway stations Beeching closures in England John William Livock buildings North Northamptonshire {{EastMidlands-railstation-stub