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Yelvertoft and Stanford Park railway station was a railway station that served the villages of Stanford-on-Avon and Yelvertoft in Northamptonshire, England. It was close to the stately home of Stanford Hall nearby in Leicestershire. It was opened as Stanford Hall on the Rugby and Stamford Railway in 1850.
Yelvertoft and Stanford Park | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Stanford-on-Avon & Yelvertoft, Northamptonshire England |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | London and North Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 May 1850 | Station opens as Stanford Hall |
| 1 Jun 1870 | renamed Yelvertoft |
| December 1880 | renamed Yelverftoft and Stanford Hall |
| 1 February 1881 | renamed Yelvertoft and Stanford Park |
| 6 June 1966 | Station closes[1] |
Parliamentary approval was gained in 1846 by the directors of the London and Birmingham Railway for a branch from Rugby to the Syston and Peterborough Railway near Stamford.[2] In the same year the company became part of the London and North Western Railway. The section from Rugby to Market Harborough, which included Yelvertoft, opened in 1850. Originally single track, it was doubled at the end of 1878.[3]
At grouping in 1923 it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway.
References
edit- ^ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
- ^ "Warwickshire's Past Unlocked". Warwickshire County Council. Archived from the original on 11 October 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ^ Preston Hendry, R., Powell Hendry, R., (1982) An historical survey of selected LMS stations : layouts and illustrations. Vol. 1 Oxford Publishing
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Lilbourne Line and station closed |
London and North Western Railway Rugby to Peterborough Line |
Welford and Kilworth Line and station closed |
52°24′02″N 1°08′08″W / 52.4005°N 1.1355°W
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