What is the disused line south out of Northampton station

[mattdaniels]

There's a disused line coming south out of Northampton station which curves off to the left. Tracing it on Google Earth, it looks like originally it was dual tracks now it is just one track. Seems to go through an industrial estate and across a road crossing which is sealed off to the track espect, and peters out into the countryside.

Anyone know what the line/route was and when was it decommissioned?

[ninja-lewis]

mattdaniels said:

There's a disused line coming south out of Northampton station which curves off to the left. Tracing it on Google Earth, it looks like originally it was dual tracks now it is just one track. Seems to go through an industrial estate and across a road crossing which is sealed off to the track espect, and peters out into the countryside.

Anyone know what the line/route was and when was it decommissioned?

The Northampton and Peterborough Railway? Otherwise try historic mapping of the area.

[john_p]

ooc.openstreetmap.org shows it clearly (maps are from 1950-1960)

Looks to me to have been an old connection for the Northampton & Peterborough Line to what became the West Coast Main Line

[FourWheelDrift]

mattdaniels said:

There's a disused line coming south out of Northampton station which curves off to the left. Tracing it on Google Earth, it looks like originally it was dual tracks now it is just one track. Seems to go through an industrial estate and across a road crossing which is sealed off to the track espect, and peters out into the countryside.

Anyone know what the line/route was and when was it decommissioned?

Appears to go some way before connecting into the mainline just North of Bedford.

[dougc]

Try this place for a list of old stations

http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/sites.shtml

eta

This might be the first stop?
http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/n/northampton_b...

Edited by dougc on Monday 7th June 15:42

[mattdaniels]

Nice one. It's the line to Northampton (Bridge Street). Looks like the level crossing which is blocked off to the train aspect is to the east of the old Bridge Street station.

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=475448&y=...

Thanks all.

Edited by mattdaniels on Monday 7th June 15:59

[daved]

dougc said:

Try this place for a list of old stations

http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/sites.shtml

eta

This might be the first stop?
http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/n/northampton_b...

Edited by dougc on Monday 7th June 15:42

Visited a friend last year and his house is near the line. Asked the same question and came to the same answer so I'd go with this.

[Pigeon]

FourWheelDrift said:

mattdaniels said:

There's a disused line coming south out of Northampton station which curves off to the left. Tracing it on Google Earth, it looks like originally it was dual tracks now it is just one track. Seems to go through an industrial estate and across a road crossing which is sealed off to the track espect, and peters out into the countryside.

Anyone know what the line/route was and when was it decommissioned?

Appears to go some way before connecting into the mainline just North of Bedford.

That is indeed what it used to do. Closed in 1962. Some moves to reopen it but I don't think it's too likely to happen myself.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedford_to_Northampto...