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Manton railway station or Manton Junction is a former railway station serving the villages of Manton and
On 28 January 1889, Thomas Shilcock was cleaning a set of points near the tunnel mouth. To avoid a passing train he stepped onto the other line where he was struck by another train emerging from the tunnel. He was killed immediately.
Post-World War II, Manton was the sole calling point between Nottingham Midland and
Syston and Peterborough line
Disused railway stations in Rutland Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1848 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1966 Former Midland Railway stations Beeching closures in England {{EastMidlands-railstation-stub
Manton railway station or Manton Junction is a former railway station serving the villages of Manton and Wing
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in the county of 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 ...
.
History
Opened in 1848 by theSyston and Peterborough Railway
The Syston and Peterborough Railway was an early railway in England opened between 1846 and 1848 to form a connection from the Midland Counties Railway near Leicester to Peterborough, giving access to East Anglia over the Eastern Counties Railway ...
, it was situated off the road connecting the two villages and was just over a mile from each, or just over half a mile by the public footpaths that were soon established. It was one of only a handful of stations in the small county of Rutland; only Oakham station is still open.
It was also the railhead for 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 ...
, just over three and a half miles away, and remained so for many journeys even after Uppingham gained its own station in the form of the LNWR
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 Lond ...
branch line from .
An accident occurred on 1 February 1853 when a late running goods train detached a wagon at Manton. A passenger train collided with it in dense fog.
In 1879 Manton became a junction when the Nottingham direct line of the Midland Railway was opened. This provided 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 ...
with a new main line to Nottingham.
On 28 January 1889, Thomas Shilcock was cleaning a set of points near the tunnel mouth. To avoid a passing train he stepped onto the other line where he was struck by another train emerging from the tunnel. He was killed immediately.
Post-World War II, Manton was the sole calling point between Nottingham Midland and 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 ...
for " The Robin Hood", a named express service which operated from 1959 to 1962 between Nottingham and London St Pancras
St Pancras railway station (), also known as London St Pancras or St Pancras International and officially since 2007 as London St Pancras International, is a London station group, central London railway terminus on Euston Road in the London Bor ...
.
The station closed in 1966 and the station buildings are now used as a small industrial area.
The Oakham–Kettering line closed to passengers in 1967 but reopened in 2009 with currently two trains in each direction. The line remains important for freight and is occasionally used as a diversionary route for main-line passenger trains.
February 2014: Buildings still there, though difficult to find — dirt track off Wing to Manton road, well south of Manton. General sense of decay, though still has operating signal box. Trains every hour, Peterborough to Leicester and two a day in each direction to/from Corby.
Stationmasters
*William Ward until 1861 (afterwards station master at Stamford) *Henry Prime 1861 - 1864 (formerly station master at Ketton) *J. Orton from 1864 *John Herbert until 1875 (afterwards station master at Hassop) *Alexander McCall 1875 - 1876 (formerly station master at Melbourne, afterwards station master at Finchley Road) *George Allen 1876 - 1877 *William Mee 1877 - 1882 (afterwards station master at Olney) *William Glisbey 1882 - 1908 *Henry E. Haines 1908 - 1921 (formerly station master at Helpston) *William Slater 1921 - 1928 (formerly station master at Oakley, afterwards station master at Olney) *A. Alexander until 1946 (formerly station master at Frisby-on-the-Wreake) *R.C.T. Wilson until 1950 (afterwards station master at Shefford) *C.J.B. Wakefield until 1966References
External links
Syston and Peterborough line
Disused railway stations in Rutland Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1848 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1966 Former Midland Railway stations Beeching closures in England {{EastMidlands-railstation-stub