Billing railway station

Billing railway station is a former railway station in Northamptonshire on the former Northampton and Peterborough Railway which connected Peterborough and Northampton.[3] In 1846 the line, along with the London and Birmingham, became part of the London and North Western Railway.

Billing
View southward over level-crossing in 1965
General information
Locationnr Cogenhoe, West Northamptonshire
England
Grid referenceSP815607
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLondon and Birmingham Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
December 1845Opened as Billing Road
1 April 1883Station renamed Billing
6 October 1952Station closed to passengers[1]
1 June 1964Station closed to goods[2]

At grouping in 1923 it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway.

The former service
A 1911 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Billing (upper right, in red)

The service was from Peterborough to Northampton via Wellingborough. The station opened in 1845 and closed in 1952 to passengers.

Former Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Northampton Bridge Street   London and North Western Railway
Northampton and Peterborough Railway		   Castle Ashby & Earls Barton

References
  1. Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
  2. Clinker, C.R. (October 1978). Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830-1977. Bristol: Avon-AngliA Publications & Services. p. 12. ISBN 0-905466-19-5.
  3. British Railways Atlas.1947. p.17

52.23847°N 0.80791°W / 52.23847; -0.80791


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