Culworth railway station
Culworth | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
| Location | Moreton Pinkney, West Northamptonshire England |
| Grid reference | SP564483 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Great Central Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Central Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway, BR(ER), finally, BR(LMR) |
| Key dates | |
| 15 March 1899 | Opened |
| 29 September 1958[1] | Closed to passengers |
| 4 June 1962 | Closed to all traffic[2] |
This station, near the village of Moreton Pinkney in Northamptonshire, was on the former Great Central Railway's London Extension which ran from the north of England to London and opened in March 1899.
History
[edit]Located midway between the stations at Woodford & Hinton and Helmdon near the village of Moreton Pinkney, this name could not be used because there was already a station with this name by the village served by the Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway, built 26 years earlier, in 1873. Instead, the name of the next nearest significant village was chosen, "Culworth". [citation needed]
A year after opening, a branch was built between nearby Woodford Halse and Banbury and in 1913, a small station was added on the western edge of Culworth, which had to be named "Eydon Road Halt".
Services
[edit]The two stations near Culworth and the surrounding villages and hamlets lay on different lines and served different purposes. And it has to be said, that with such obliquely given names, there were mix-ups. Culworth station only catered for the smaller stations on the north–south axis, including the neighbouring town of Brackley: for more distant destinations, a change had to be made at Woodford & Hinton or Brackley. Eydon Road Halt station on the Banbury Branch was used to reach the larger town of Banbury or the village of Woodford Halse - at either of which a connection could be made with trains running further afield.
Operationally, the traffic at Culworth was of the rural kind and relatively light. For passengers, only the ordinary passenger trains called; expresses passed through non-stop. The goods traffic was handled by pick-up trains between Woodford & Hinton and Quainton Road or Marylebone. As both traffics declined, Culworth became one of the first stations on the GC Extension to be closed to passenger traffic, on 24 September 1958, and finally to all traffic on 6 June 1962, after which the site reverted to agricultural use.
Routes
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| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helmdon Line and station closed |
Great Central Railway London Extension |
Woodford Halse Line and station closed |
References
[edit]- ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 145. OCLC 931112387.
- ^ "Disused Stations: Culworth". Disused Stations. Retrieved 28 July 2022.