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    Rail transport in Northamptonshire is an integral part of transport in Northamptonshire and part of the national rail network of Great Britain. Rail in...
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  • West Coast Main Line diagram (category Rail transport in Northamptonshire)
    The West Coast Main Line is a major trunk railway in the United Kingdom, linking London with Glasgow. The Watford DC lines are intricately linked with...
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    Kilsby Tunnel (category Rail transport in Northamptonshire)
    a railway tunnel on the West Coast Main Line in England, near the village of Kilsby in Northamptonshire, roughly 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Rugby. It...
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    Kelmarsh Tunnel (category Rail transport in Northamptonshire)
    Tunnels are disused railway tunnels in Northamptonshire, England. The Northampton to Market Harborough line opened in 1859 and had tunnels at Kelmarsh and...
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    International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT) is a rail-road intermodal freight terminal with an associated warehousing estate in Northamptonshire, England....
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    Midland Main Line (category Rail transport in Northamptonshire)
    Network Rail started a new study in February 2008 and this was published in February 2010. After electrification, the North Northamptonshire towns (Wellingborough...
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  • Higham Ferrers branch line (category Rail transport in Northamptonshire)
    The Higham Ferrers branch line was a short railway branch built in Northamptonshire, England, by the Midland Railway to serve the industrial towns of...
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    Oxendon Tunnels (category Rail transport in Northamptonshire)
    Tunnels are disused railway tunnels in Northamptonshire, England. The Northampton to Market Harborough line opened in 1859 and had tunnels at Oxendon and...
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    Northampton loop (category Rail transport in Northamptonshire)
    British Transport Police History Group. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2021. Healy, John M.C. (1989). The Last Days Of Steam In Northamptonshire. ISBN 0-86299-613-9...
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    Chiltern Main Line (category Rail transport in Northamptonshire)
    privatisation of British Rail in the 1990s, the main operator has been Chiltern Railways, who have continued to develop the route and services. In the early 2010s...
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    Northampton–Market Harborough line (category Rail transport in Northamptonshire)
    itself in the old goods yard at Pitsford and Brampton station. The track was lifted by British Rail and the trackbed was sold to Northamptonshire County...
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  • Northampton Kings Heath Siemens Depot (category Rail transport in Northamptonshire)
    Heath Siemens Depot is an Electric Traction Depot located in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. The depot is situated on the Northampton Loop Line...
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    Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway (category Rail transport in Northamptonshire)
    themselves had been formed with the intention of facilitating the transport of Northamptonshire iron ore to South Wales. The ironstone available to the South...
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    Northamptonshire (/nɔːrˈθæmptənʃər, -ʃɪər/ nor-THAMP-tən-shər, -⁠sheer; abbreviated Northants.) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England...
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  • Rugby and Stamford Railway (category Rail transport in Northamptonshire)
    Railways of Northamptonshire, Great Addington: Silver Link Publishing "The case for expanding the rail network" (PDF). Campaign for Better Transport. p. 42...
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    West Coast Main Line (category Rail transport in Northamptonshire)
    busiest mixed-traffic railway routes in Europe, carrying a mixture of intercity rail, regional rail, commuter rail and rail freight traffic. The core route...
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  • Bedford–Northampton line (category Rail transport in Northamptonshire)
    stations in three counties: Northampton and Horton in Northamptonshire, Olney in Buckinghamshire and Turvey and Bedford in Bedfordshire, England. Opened in 1872...
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    Hunsbury Hill Tunnel (category Rail transport in Northamptonshire)
    in Milton Keynes. The tunnel opened together with the rest of the loop line in 1881. Phil Deaves web site History of the Railways of Northamptonshire...
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  • Weedon–Marton Junction line (category Rail transport in Northamptonshire)
    Nuneaton. Weedon, Daventry and Braunston stations were in Northamptonshire, while the remainder were in Warwickshire. The line was single track throughout...
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    Northampton and Lamport Railway (category Rail transport in Northamptonshire)
    Northampton and Lamport Railway is a standard gauge heritage railway in Northamptonshire, England. It is based at Pitsford and Brampton station, near the...
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    Stowe Hill Tunnel (category Rail transport in Northamptonshire)
    tunnel on the West Coast Main Line just south of the village of Weedon, Northamptonshire, England. The tunnel was built as part of the London and Birmingham...
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  • Banbury–Verney Junction branch line (category Rail transport in Northamptonshire)
    from motor transport and dwindling receipts after the Second World War led to the line being chosen in 1956 for an experiment with British Rail Derby Lightweight...
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    Welham Junction (category Rail transport in Northamptonshire)
    although the junction itself lay within the parish of Weston by Welland, Northamptonshire. It was the junction where the line from Market Harborough split, with...
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  • Northampton and Peterborough Railway (category Rail transport in Northamptonshire)
    Woodford displayed specimens of Northamptonshire iron ore at the Great Exhibition, and some early quarrying was carried out in the Blisworth and Heyford area...
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  • Kettering Ironstone Railway (category Rail transport in Northamptonshire)
    discovered to the north of Kettering in 1858 when the Midland Railway mainline was driven through the hills. In 1876 quarrying started just to the west...
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    Oakham–Kettering line (category Rail transport in Northamptonshire)
    work. In 1977 the Parliamentary Select Committee on Nationalised Industries recommended considering electrification of more of Britain's rail network...
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    Finedonhill Tramway (category Rail transport in Northamptonshire)
    narrow-gauge railway which operated under various ownership between 1875 and 1926. In 1869, the Stanton Ironworks took a lease on ironstone-rich land to the east...
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  • Neilson's Tramway (category Rail transport in Northamptonshire)
    deposits, and commercial extraction of iron ore began in the 1860s and was a booming industry by the 1870s. In 1879, Neilson began quarrying for ironstone on...
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    Northampton Street Tramways (category Rail transport in Northamptonshire)
    1881. Retrieved 10 December 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive. Northamptonshire Horse Tramways, A. W. Brotchie, Tramway Review, Vol. 11. No. 81, Spring...
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    Blakesley Miniature Railway (category Rail transport in Northamptonshire)
    804-yard-long (735 m) 15 in (381 mm) gauge railway from Blakesley railway station to Blakesley Hall in Blakesley in West Northamptonshire, which operated from...
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