King's Cliffe railway station

King's Cliffe railway station is a former railway station in King's Cliffe, Northamptonshire. It was owned by the London and North Western Railway, being situated on their line between Market Harborough and Peterborough,^[1] but from 1883 to 1916 was also served by trains of the Great Northern Railway.

King's Cliffe
General information
Location	King's Cliffe, North Northamptonshire England
Coordinates	52.5673°N 0.5120°W / 52.5673; -0.5120
Grid reference	TL009976
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 November 1879	Opened
6 June 1966	Closed to passengers
3 June 1968	Closed completely
Location

The station was opened on 1 November 1879^[2] and closed to passengers on 6 June 1966.^[3] On that date the section from Rugby (Midland) to Kings Cliffe was closed completely, but the line east of Kings Cliffe station remained open for goods traffic. On 3 June 1968 Kings Cliffe station was closed to goods along with the track to Nassington station where a private siding and the line to Yarwell Junction at Wansford remained in use until 1971 to serve a sand and gravel quarry.^[4]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Wakerley & Barrowden		London and North Western Railway Rugby to Peterborough East		Nassington
		Great Northern Railway Leicester Belgrave Road to Peterborough North