Image Information board, site of Blisworth station
Information board, site of Blisworth station
Information board, site of Blisworth station Researched and compiled by the Blisworth Heritage Society this very informative board is located on the site of the village's former station. The station that closed in 1960 was a significant junction marking the point where the second of the two routes into Northampton diverged from the WCML (Weedon loop). Many argue that the route from Blisworth should have been the one retained and electrified rather than the line that diverges just north of Roade cutting. There was also a second line that diverged at Blisworth that headed west built by the former Northampton and Banbury Railway towards Towcester. This later became part of the fabled Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway (SMJR) that has a fascinating history that has filled a number of books. All that exists now at Blisworth are a few PW sidings, a lot of overgrown space and the twin tracks of the WCML behind the inevitable palisade fencing. Keywords: Information board site of Blisworth station
Information board, site of Blisworth station Researched and compiled by the Blisworth Heritage Society this very informative board is located on the site of the village's former station. The station that closed in 1960 was a significant junction marking the point where the second of the two routes into Northampton diverged from the WCML (Weedon loop). Many argue that the route from Blisworth should have been the one retained and electrified rather than the line that diverges just north of Roade cutting. There was also a second line that diverged at Blisworth that headed west built by the former Northampton and Banbury Railway towards Towcester. This later became part of the fabled Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway (SMJR) that has a fascinating history that has filled a number of books. All that exists now at Blisworth are a few PW sidings, a lot of overgrown space and the twin tracks of the WCML behind the inevitable palisade fencing. Keywords: Information board site of Blisworth station


Researched and compiled by the Blisworth Heritage Society this very

informative board is located on the site of the village's former station. The station that closed in 1960 was a significant junction marking the point where the second of the two routes into Northampton diverged from the WCML (Weedon loop). Many argue that the route from Blisworth should have been the one retained and electrified rather than the line that diverges just north of Roade cutting. There was also a second line that diverged at Blisworth that headed west built by the former Northampton and Banbury Railway towards Towcester. This later became part of the fabled Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway (SMJR) that has a fascinating history that has filled a number of books. All that exists now at Blisworth are a few PW sidings, a lot of overgrown space and the twin tracks of the WCML behind the inevitable palisade fencing.