Newport Pagnell railway station
Newport Pagnell | |||||
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![]() LNWR Webb Coal Tank No. 58887 at Newport Pagnell in 1954. | |||||
General information | |||||
Location | Newport Pagnell, City of Milton Keynes England | ||||
Grid reference | SP871435 | ||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Status | Disused | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | Newport Pagnell Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway | ||||
Key dates | |||||
2 September 1867 | Station opened | ||||
7 September 1964 | station closed (passengers) | ||||
22 May 1967 | Station closed (completely) | ||||
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Newport Pagnell railway station was a railway station that served Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, on the Wolverton–Newport Pagnell line. Opened in 1867 the station consisted of a brick built station building, and extensive goods facilities.
The last passenger train ran on 5 September 1964 and the last goods train on 22 May 1967. The station site is now under Sheppard's Close, a modern residential development.[1] The trackbed is now a rail trail, part of the Milton Keynes redway system.[2] There is commemorative column on the site of the final signal post just short of the station site.[3]
Motive Power Depot
[edit]The London and North Western Railway opened a small motive power depot at the south side of the line near the station in 1886. This was closed 15 June 1955 and demolished.[4]
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Great Linford Line and station closed | London and North Western Railway Wolverton to Newport Pagnell Line | Terminus |
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "Disused stations: Newport Pagnell". DisusedStations.org. (This source misspells the name of the modern development as "Shepherd's".)
- ^ "Get around MK". City of Milton Keynes Council. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ "The Final Signal (Newport Nobby)". Google Maps. Retrieved 18 January 2023. ("Newport Nobby" was the nickname for the train.)
- ^ Roger Griffiths and Paul Smith, The directory of British engine sheds:1 (Oxford Publishing Co., 1999), p.117. ISBN 0 86093 542 6.