Glendon and Rushton railway station is a former railway station in Rushton, Northamptonshire. Originally known as Rushton it was opened in 1857 by the Midland Railway in 1857 on what is now the Midland Main Line. 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.

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  • Glendon and Rushton railway station is a former railway station in Rushton, Northamptonshire. Originally known as Rushton it was opened in 1857 by the Midland Railway in 1857 on what is now the Midland Main Line. 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. It was renamed in 1896, 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 in 1960.
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  • Station closed
  • opened as Rushton
  • renamed Glendon and Rushton
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  • 4 january 1960
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  • Glendon and Rushton railway station is a former railway station in Rushton, Northamptonshire. Originally known as Rushton it was opened in 1857 by the Midland Railway in 1857 on what is now the Midland Main Line. 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.
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