EPW023766 ENGLAND (1928). Towcester Railway Station, Towcester, 1928
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| Title | [EPW023766] Towcester Railway Station, Towcester, 1928 |
| Reference | EPW023766 |
| Date | September-1928 |
| Link | |
| Place name | TOWCESTER |
| Parish | TOWCESTER |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 468996, 249313 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -0.99176903115811, 52.13739203211 |
| National Grid Reference | SP690493 |
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 Some wagons it is shunting with a greater number left in the loop line. |
John Wass |
Wednesday 10th of April 2019 03:24:41 PM |
| This cattle wagon will be empty being coupled here at the rear of the train. They are normally shunted at the front of any train where they will get a smoother ride and avoid the cattle suffering falls and thereby injuries. |
John Wass |
Wednesday 10th of April 2019 03:22:48 PM |
| Footbridge between the two platforms. |
John W |
Thursday 7th of July 2016 08:41:18 PM |
| Lines to Stratford upon Avon and Banbury.
Both operated as single lines out of Towcester. Access just after bridge to sidings to North of running lines. |
Thermos |
Sunday 17th of November 2013 09:05:08 AM |
The line to Banbury had gone by 1955. Regret I don't have a more exact date of closure - it was in use in 1947. |
John W |
Thursday 7th of July 2016 09:21:52 PM |
| Line to Blisworth.
Single track |
Thermos |
Sunday 17th of November 2013 09:03:41 AM |
| Line to Blisworth.
Single track |
Thermos |
Sunday 17th of November 2013 09:03:41 AM |
| Bridge 149.
Still extant.
Built to double track standard but only ever spanned a single line. Line went to Olney via Ravenstone Wood Junction.
Recent pictures here: http://thesmjr.ning.com/photo/albums/bridge-149 |
Thermos |
Sunday 17th of November 2013 09:03:02 AM |
| Former waiting room. |
Thermos |
Sunday 17th of November 2013 08:56:46 AM |
| "Lucas Bridge" over the A5.
So called due to the LUCAS adverts on the span |
Thermos |
Sunday 17th of November 2013 08:55:58 AM |
| Cattle dock/pen |
Thermos |
Sunday 17th of November 2013 08:54:47 AM |
| The A5 Trunk Road. Also known as Watling Street. Originally a Roman road |
MB |
Sunday 31st of March 2013 11:26:47 AM |
| The dual-carriageway A43 trunk road now runs through these fields |
MB |
Sunday 31st of March 2013 11:25:42 AM |
| River Tove |
MB |
Sunday 31st of March 2013 11:24:26 AM |
| Hesketh Hotel in 1900; Manderley by 1977 |
MB |
Sunday 31st of March 2013 11:23:46 AM |
| Steam locomotive with wagons |
MB |
Sunday 31st of March 2013 11:20:30 AM |
| Locomotive turntable |
MB |
Sunday 31st of March 2013 11:19:30 AM |
| Goods shed |
MB |
Sunday 31st of March 2013 11:18:54 AM |
| Cattle truck |
MB |
Sunday 31st of March 2013 11:18:32 AM |
It has to be empty as loaded wagons always went at the front of any train. They rode better there and didn't upset the animals. |
John Wass |
Wednesday 20th of August 2014 09:05:31 PM |
| Tall signalbox |
MB |
Sunday 31st of March 2013 11:18:11 AM |
Probably provided to give a view over the nearby station footbridge. |
John W |
Thursday 7th of July 2016 08:40:29 PM |
User Comment Contributions
Towcester station was on the Stratford on Avon and Midland Junction Railway, a lengthy cross-country route from Broom in Warwickshire to a junction with the Midland Railway's branch from near Bedford to Northampton - nearly 70 miles. En route it made junctions with a number of other railway lines that it crossed. Just east of Towcester there was a link to the main line from Euston to Birmingham at Braunston. By 1955 it was only used for goods traffic and had closed by 1965. |
John W |
Thursday 7th of July 2016 09:15:47 PM |
Towcester station was on the Stratford on Avon and South Midland Joint. This was an independent line running east-west and linking Bedford on the Midland Railway with Stratford-on-Avon on the Great Western. Towcester was the junction for branches to Banbury in the south west - on the Great Western's route from Princes Risborough to Leamington Spa - and Blisworth to the north east, on the London & North Western's main line from Euston to Crewe and point north. This explais the locomotive turntable, added sometime after 1900. |
MB |
Sunday 2nd of June 2013 11:40:05 AM |
The railway (from January 1909) was the Stratford-upon-Avon & Midland Junction Railway, absorbed by the LMS in 1923. Its western objective was a junction with the Midland Railway near Evesham - providing the Midland Railway with a "short cut" between London and Bristol, in competition with the GWR. The railway sought to exploit iron ore traffic from the area. Its Banbury line connected with the L&NWR, not GWR. The turntable was added in 1908 and removed some time after 1939. |
Richard Maund |
Sunday 2nd of June 2013 11:40:05 AM |