Daventry railway station

Daventry
Location
Place	Daventry
Area	Daventry
Operations
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Platforms	?
History
1888	Station opens
September 1958	Station closes
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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Daventry was a railway station serving the town of Daventry in Northamptonshire, England. It was on the Weedon to Leamington Spa line. In 1888 a branch from the main line at Weedon reached the town. This line was extended in 1895 to reach Leamington Spa.

The local weekly newspaper, the Daventry Express, is nicknamed 'The Gusher', after the steam engine that used to serve the town.

Long Buckby railway station is now the nearest station to Daventry, being 4.5 miles away.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Weedon Line and station closed		London and North Western Railway Weedon to Leamington Spa line		Braunston Line and station closed

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687. 

External links

• Daventry station on navigable 1954 O. S. map

Coordinates: 52°15′32″N 1°09′19″W / 52.25883°N 1.15530°W / 52.25883; -1.15530