History
Originally known as Rushton it was opened in 1857 [2] by the Midland Railway on what is now the Midland Main Line. [3]
Plans had been made earlier in 1847 for a line from Leicester to Bedford, but had lapsed. However the Midland, running to Rugby at that time and dependent on the LNWR for its path into London, was looking for an alternative. It revived its plans for Bedford to go forward to Hitchin to join the Great Northern Railway.
While initially solving the problem, traffic continued to build such that the line was quadrupled from London as far as Glendon Junction a little way to the south of the station. Here a new line had been opened through Corby and Manton which could be used by goods trains and those for Nottingham., Thus the line through Glendon northwards was double track as far as Leicester. [4]
It was renamed in 1896, [5] possibly when Rushden opened in 1894 on the Wellingborough to Higham Ferrers line.
At grouping in 1923 it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway. It closed on 4 January 1960.
Until 2006, the station building was subject to a statutory tenancy, and the daughter of the last Station Master lived there. In 2009 a group was formed, named the "Friends of Glendon and Rushton station", to restore the station which was granted Grade II listed status in 1981, giving it legal protection from unauthorised modification or demolition. [6]
The station was subsequently converted for residential use and is now a private dwelling, known as "Station House". [7] It was badly damaged by a fire late on 28 March 2025, in which three people died. [8]
This page is based on this
Wikipedia article Text is available under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
