Yelvertoft and Stanford Park railway station

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Yelvertoft and Stanford Park
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General information
Location Stanford-on-Avon & Yelvertoft, Northamptonshire
England
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 May 1850Station opens as Stanford Hall
1 Jun 1870renamed Yelvertoft
December 1880renamed Yelverftoft and Stanford Hall
1 February 1881renamed Yelvertoft and Stanford Park
6 June 1966Station closes [1]

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.

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.

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References

  1. Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
  2. "Warwickshire's Past Unlocked". Warwickshire County Council. Archived from the original on 11 October 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  3. 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
Lilbourne
Line and station closed
  London and North Western Railway
Rugby to Peterborough Line
  Welford and Kilworth
Line and station closed

52°24′02″N1°08′08″W / 52.4005°N 1.1355°W / 52.4005; -1.1355