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Castlethorpe railway station was a railway station serving the Buckinghamshire village of the same name in what is now the City of Milton Keynes, on the West Coast Main Line in England. The station was located south of the bridge over the current line on what remains Station Road.

History

Castlethorpe station was opened for goods in 1881 and the first passenger train arrived at 8.30am on Monday, 2 August 1882.Шаблон:Citation needed

Closure

Despite a strong campaign to keep the station open, mounted by the parish council, Sir Frank Markham, Member of Parliament for Buckingham and Robert Maxwell the prospective Labour Party candidate, the station was closed to passengers on 6 September 1964.[1]

Routes

Файл:Banbury, Blisworth, Cockley Brake, Fenny Compton, Northampton, Ravenstone Wood,Roade, Stratford on Avon, Towcester, & Woodford & Hinton RJD 2.jpg
A 1911 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Castlethorpe (lower right, in red)

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Present day

The West Coast Main Line runs through the site of the station where sections of the platforms were still in situ in 2021. The buildings were demolished soon after closure.

See also

Шаблон:Milton Keynes railway map Шаблон:Northampton loop line

References

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Шаблон:Closed stations Buckinghamshire