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), Seaton in Durham (NERThe North Eastern Railway , was an English railway company. It was incorporated in 1854, when four existing companies were combined, and was absorbed into the London and North Eastern Railway at the Grouping in 1923...
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.
Seaton railway station was a station serving the villages of
SeatonSeaton is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England.Nearby is the large Seaton Viaduct, on the Oakham to Kettering railway line. It is three quarters of a mile long and took four years to build. It has 82 arches which are up to high. The railway is now...
,
RutlandRutland is a landlocked county in central England, bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire and southeast by Peterborough and Northamptonshire....
, and
HarringworthHarringworth is a village and civil parish in East Northamptonshire extremely close to the Northants-Rutland border. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 247 people....
,
NorthamptonshireNorthamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...
.
History
It was originally a minor intermediate station on the
London and North Western RailwayThe London and North Western Railway was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. It was created by the merger of three companies – the Grand Junction Railway, the London and Birmingham Railway and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway...
single track
Rugby and Stamford Railway line, which opened in 1850. In 1873 it became a junction when the
LNWRThe London and North Western Railway was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. It was created by the merger of three companies – the Grand Junction Railway, the London and Birmingham Railway and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway...
double tracked the line from
RugbyRugby railway station serves the town of Rugby in Warwickshire, England. It opened during the Victorian era, in 1885, replacing earlier stations situated a little further west...
to Seaton and opened a new double track line thence to
WansfordWansford railway station is the headquarters of the Nene Valley Railway. The current station building was opened in 1995 and contains a ticket office, shop, cafe and toilets. The locomotive sheds are located at this station. Also at the station there is a picnic area and children's playground...
.
RugbyRugby railway station serves the town of Rugby in Warwickshire, England. It opened during the Victorian era, in 1885, replacing earlier stations situated a little further west...
to
PeterboroughPeterborough East was a railway station in Peterborough, England. It was opened on 2 June 1845 and closed to passenger traffic on 6 June 1966. Located on Station Road just off Town Bridge, only the engine sheds and one platform remain extant today...
was then operated as the main line and Seaton to
StamfordStamford railway station serves the town of Stamford in Lincolnshire, England. The station is west of Peterborough on the Syston and Peterborough Railway, the line is now part of the much bigger Birmingham to Peterborough Line. CrossCountry operate the majority of services as part of their...
as a branch line. In 1894 the branch line to
UppinghamUppingham railway station was a station in Uppingham, Rutland. It was the terminus of a branch line from Seaton and opened in 1894 and closed in 1960...
was opened.
Midland Railway
The
Midland RailwayThe Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway....
KetteringKettering railway station is to the south-west of the Kettering town centre in Northamptonshire, England. It lies on the Midland Main Line, north of London St...
to
MantonManton railway station or Manton Junction is a former railway station serving the villages of Manton and Wing in the county of Rutland.Opened in 1848 by the Syston and Peterborough Railway, it was situated off the road connecting the two villages and was just over a mile from each, or just over...
line passes over the Welland Viaduct a third of a mile to the east, and slightly to the north thereof, passed over the
PeterboroughPeterborough East was a railway station in Peterborough, England. It was opened on 2 June 1845 and closed to passenger traffic on 6 June 1966. Located on Station Road just off Town Bridge, only the engine sheds and one platform remain extant today...
and
StamfordStamford railway station serves the town of Stamford in Lincolnshire, England. The station is west of Peterborough on the Syston and Peterborough Railway, the line is now part of the much bigger Birmingham to Peterborough Line. CrossCountry operate the majority of services as part of their...
lines and the
UppinghamUppingham railway station was a station in Uppingham, Rutland. It was the terminus of a branch line from Seaton and opened in 1894 and closed in 1960...
twice. There was never a connection. The nearest station on the
MidlandThe Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway....
was 1 mile away at
HarringworthHarringworth railway station was a railway station near Harringworth, Northamptonshire. It was on the now freight-only Oakham to Kettering Line of the Midland Railway, at at the south end of Welland Viaduct....
.
Closure
The
UppinghamUppingham railway station was a station in Uppingham, Rutland. It was the terminus of a branch line from Seaton and opened in 1894 and closed in 1960...
branch closed to passengers in 1960, and the
RugbyRugby railway station serves the town of Rugby in Warwickshire, England. It opened during the Victorian era, in 1885, replacing earlier stations situated a little further west...
to
PeterboroughPeterborough East was a railway station in Peterborough, England. It was opened on 2 June 1845 and closed to passenger traffic on 6 June 1966. Located on Station Road just off Town Bridge, only the engine sheds and one platform remain extant today...
line and
StamfordStamford railway station serves the town of Stamford in Lincolnshire, England. The station is west of Peterborough on the Syston and Peterborough Railway, the line is now part of the much bigger Birmingham to Peterborough Line. CrossCountry operate the majority of services as part of their...
branch in 1966. The
Great Northern RailwayThe Great Northern Railway was a British railway company established by the Great Northern Railway Act of 1846. On 1 January 1923 the company lost its identity as a constituent of the newly formed London and North Eastern Railway....
operated a service between
Peterborough NorthPeterborough railway station serves the city of Peterborough, England. It is located approximately north of London Kings Cross on the East Coast Main Line...
and
Leicester Belgrave Road-Overview:Leicester Belgrave Road was the Great Northern Railway terminus in Leicester, England. It was the terminus of the GNR's branch line from the Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway at Marefield Junction. It opened on 2 October 1882...
between 1883 and 1916, when the service was withdrawn as a war economy.
Today the station site is a scrapyard.
Former Services
Sample Train Timetable for April 1910
The table below shows the train departures from Seaton on weekdays in April 1910.
| Departure |
Going to |
Calling at |
Arrival |
Operator |
| 03.29 |
Peterborough East |
Wansford, Peterborough East |
04.05 |
LNWR |
| 03.35 |
Stamford |
Stamford |
03.52 |
LNWR |
| 08.05 |
Peterborough North |
Wakerley & Barrowden, King's Cliffe, Nassington, Wansford, Castor, Overton, Peterborough North |
08.48 |
GNR |
| 09.17 |
Rugby |
Rockingham, Ashley & Weston, Market Harborough, Lubenham, Theddingworth, Welford & Lutterworth, Yelverton & Stanford Park, Lilbourne, Clifton Mill, Rugby |
10.34 |
LNWR |
| 09.47 |
Peterborough East |
Wakerley & Barrowden, King's Cliffe, Nassington, Wansford, Castor, Peterborough East |
10.37 |
LNWR |
| 09.50 |
Stamford |
Morcott, Luffenham, Ketton & Collyweston, Stamford |
10.16 |
LNWR |
| 09.54 |
Uppingham |
Uppingham |
10.05 |
LNWR |
| 10.14 |
Leicester Belgrave Road |
Rockingham, Medbourne, Hallaton, East Norton, Tilton, Loseby, Ingersby, Thurnby & Scraptoft, Humberstone, Leicester Belgrave Road |
11.22 |
GNR |
| 11.21 |
Peterborough North |
Wakerley & Barrowden, King's Cliffe, Nassington, Wansford, Castor, Overton, Peterborough North |
12.06 |
GNR |
| 12.09 |
Peterborough East |
King's Cliffe, Wansford, Peterborough East |
12.40 |
LNWR |
| 12.10 |
Rugby |
Rockingham, Ashley & Weston, Market Harborough, Lubenham, Theddingworth, Welford & Lutterworth, Yelverton & Stanford Park, Lilbourne, Clifton Mill, Rugby |
13.30 |
LNWR |
| 12.12 |
Stamford |
Morcott, Luffenham, Ketton & Collyweston, Stamford |
12.35 |
LNWR |
| 12.15 |
Uppingham |
Uppingham |
12.25 |
LNWR |
| 14.20 |
Peterborough East |
Wakerley & Barrowden, King's Cliffe, Nassington, Wansford, Overton, Peterborough East |
15.05 |
LNWR |
| 14.27 |
Rugby |
Rockingham, Ashley & Weston, Market Harborough, Welford & Lutterworth, Rugby |
15.25 |
LNWR |
| 14.30 |
Uppingham |
Uppingham |
14.40 |
LNWR |
| 14.35 |
Stamford |
Morcott, Luffenham, Ketton & Collyweston, Stamford |
14.58 |
LNWR |
| 15.03 |
Leicester Belgrave Road |
Rockingham, Medbourne, Hallaton, East Norton, Tilton, Loseby, Ingersby, Thurnby & Scraptoft, Humberstone, Leicester Belgrave Road |
16.10 |
GNR |
| 17.04 |
Rugby |
Rockingham, Ashley & Weston, Market Harborough, Lubenham, Theddingworth, Welford & Lutterworth, Yelverton & Stanford Park, Lilbourne, Clifton Mill, Rugby |
18.23 |
LNWR |
| 17.04 |
Peterborough North |
Wakerley & Barrowden, King's Cliffe, Nassington, Wansford, Castor, Peterborough North |
17.46 |
GNR |
17.10
Fri only |
Uppingham |
Uppingham |
17.20 |
LNWR |
| 18.17 |
Uppingham |
Uppingham |
18.27 |
LNWR |
| 18.19 |
Stamford |
Morcott, Luffenham, Ketton & Collyweston, Stamford |
18.42 |
LNWR |
| 19.10 |
Market Harborough |
Rockingham, Ashley & Weston, Market Harborough |
19.35 |
LNWR |
| 20.08 |
Leicester Belgrave Road |
Rockingham, Medbourne, Hallaton, East Norton, Tilton, Loseby, Ingersby, Thurnby & Scraptoft, Humberstone, Leicester Belgrave Road |
21.11 |
GNR |
| 22.08 |
Peterborough East |
Wakerley & Barrowden, King's Cliffe, Nassington, Wansford, Peterborough East |
22.48 |
LNWR |
| 20.35 |
Rugby |
Market Harborough, Welford & Lutterworth, Rugby |
21.32 |
LNWR |
| 22.11 |
Stamford |
Luffenham, Ketton & Collyweston, Stamford |
22.32 |
LNWR |