Kilsby and Crick railway station

Kilsby and Crick
Kilsby and Crick
	Old photograph of the station, looking north-west towards Rugby
General information
Location	Kilsby and Crick; England
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 December 1881	Station opens
1 February 1960	Station closed
Location
Location

Kilsby and Crick was a railway station on the Northampton Loop Line serving the villages of Kilsby and Crick in Northamptonshire. It was located to the eastern side of where the railway crossed the A5 road at the site now occupied by the Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal. It was located about a mile from Kilsby and one and a half from Crick.

The station was opened along with the line in 1881, by the London and North Western Railway which became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

The station closed to passengers on 1 February 1960^[1] and to goods on 6 July 1964. Most of the station was demolished, but part of the goods platform to the west of the A5 still survives.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Rugby Line and station open		London and North Western Railway Northampton Loop		Long Buckby Line and station open

References

The site of the station in 2019.

The Last Days Of Steam In Northamptonshire, by John M.C. Healy (1989) ISBN 0-86299-613-9

^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 248. OCLC 931112387.