Billing railway station

Billing
View southward over level-crossing in 1965
General information
Location	nr Cogenhoe, West Northamptonshire England
Grid reference	SP815607
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	London and Birmingham Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
December 1845	Opened as Billing Road
1 April 1883	Station renamed Billing
6 October 1952	Station closed to passengers[1]
1 June 1964	Station closed to goods[2]

Billing railway station is a former railway station in Northamptonshire on the former Northampton and Peterborough Railway which connected Peterborough and Northampton.^[3] In 1846 the line, along with the London and Birmingham, became part of the London and North Western Railway.

At grouping in 1923 it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway.

The former service

A 1911 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Billing (upper right, in red)

The service was from Peterborough to Northampton via Wellingborough. The station opened in 1845 and closed in 1952 to passengers.

Former Services

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Northampton Bridge Street		London and North Western Railway Northampton and Peterborough Railway		Castle Ashby & Earls Barton

References

1. Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
2. Clinker, C.R. (October 1978). Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830-1977. Bristol: Avon-AngliA Publications & Services. p. 12. ISBN 0-905466-19-5.
3. British Railways Atlas.1947. p.17

External links

• http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/b/billing/index.shtml

52.23847°N 0.80791°W / 52.23847; -0.80791