Northampton and Lamport Railway

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Northampton and Lamport Railway
Peckett 0-4-0ST Works No. 2104 with a train in August 2016
Locale	England
Terminus	Pitsford and Brampton
Commercial operations
Name	Northampton to Market Harborough line ("Harborough Line")
Built by	London and North Western Railway
Original gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Preserved operations
Operated by	Northampton & Lamport Railway Preservation Society
Stations	1
Length	1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km)
Preserved gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Commercial history
Opened	16 February 1859
Closed	16 August 1981
Preservation history
1984	Work started at (and around) Pitsford and Brampton station site
November 1995	Light Railway Order, Granted with First public passenger train operated
31 March 1996	Grand Re-opening (NLR re-opened, officially)
30 March 2024	Opening of Boughton station
Headquarters	Pitsford and Brampton
Website
www.nlr.org.uk

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Brampton Valley Way Railway legend Trails legend
MP (Milepost) former route to Northampton Boughton Crossing Brampton Valley Way (Terminus) Boughton (Terminus) Passing Loop Boughton Sidings Community Woodland footpath crossing horse farm crossing Bridge 11 4½ Pitsford Sidings footpath and vehicle crossing summit 4¾ Bridge 12 Pitsford Road footpath crossing Pitsford and Brampton plant crossing 5¾ Station Loop Bridge 12a River Nene Pitsford and Brampton siding Bridge 13 5¼ farm crossing Bridge 14 Merry Tom Halt (proposed) Merry Tom Lane former route to Market Harborough Brampton Valley Way continues

The Northampton and Lamport Railway is a standard gauge heritage railway in Northamptonshire, England. It is based at Pitsford and Brampton station, near the villages of Pitsford and Chapel Brampton, roughly 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Northampton.