Newport Pagnell
LNWR Webb Coal Tank No. 58887 at Newport Pagnell in 1954.
General information
LocationNewport Pagnell, City of Milton Keynes
England
Grid referenceSP871435
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNewport Pagnell Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Key dates
2 September 1867Station opened
7 September 1964station closed (passengers)
22 May 1967Station closed (completely)
Location

Newport Pagnell railway station was a railway station that served Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, on the Wolverton–Newport Pagnell line. Opened in 1867 the station consisted of a brick built station building, and extensive goods facilities.

The last passenger train ran on 5 September 1964 and the last goods train on 22 May 1967. The station site is now under Sheppard's Close, a modern residential development.[1] The trackbed is now a rail trail, part of the Milton Keynes redway system.[2] There is commemorative column on the site of the final signal post just short of the station site.[3]

Motive Power Depot

The London and North Western Railway opened a small motive power depot at the south side of the line near the station in 1886. This was closed 15 June 1955 and demolished.[4]

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Great Linford
Line and station closed		   London and North Western Railway
Wolverton to Newport Pagnell Line		   Terminus

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Disused stations: Newport Pagnell". DisusedStations.org. (This source misspells the name of the modern development as "Shepherd's".)
  2. ↑ "Get around MK". City of Milton Keynes Council. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "The Final Signal (Newport Nobby)". Google Maps. Retrieved 18 January 2023. ("Newport Nobby" was the nickname for the train.)
  4. ↑ Roger Griffiths and Paul Smith, The directory of British engine sheds:1 (Oxford Publishing Co., 1999), p.117. ISBN 0 86093 542 6.

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