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Blisworth Station, on the West Coast Main Line, station closed 1960
The London and Birmingham Railway, under the surveying and construction control of Robert Stephenson, bypassed Northampton and opened a station in Blisworth in 1839.
Ford Lane became Station Road, the location of Blisworth station.
In 1845 a branch line on to Peterborough was completed via Northampton, and in 1866 a single-track line was built to Banbury.
Blisworth station closed in January 1960 and both branch lines have also long since gone.
The main railway line remains, electrified in the 1960s and is now part of the West Coast Main Line running 125 mph trains from London Euston to Glasgow.
The Northampton Loop of the line leaves the main line at Roade, north of Roade cutting[8] and just south of Blisworth, taking trains on into Northampton and further north to re-join the main line at Rugby.
The Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway ran from Blisworth station south to Towcester, Banbury and Stratford upon Avon but closed in the 1960s.
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