Salcey Forest | |
|---|---|
.jpg) The site of the station in 2012 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Salcey Forest nr Horton, West Northamptonshire England |
| Grid reference | SP813535 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Stratford-upon-Avon, Towcester and Midland Junction Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 December 1892[1] | Opened |
| 31 March 1893 | Closed to passengers |
| 1 July 1908[2] | Goods facilities withdrawn |
Salcey Forest railway station was a short-lived railway station in England, on the Stratford-upon-Avon, Towcester and Midland Junction Railway which opened on 1 December 1892 near the Northamptonshire forest of the same name. The station was not situated near any settlement and only saw passenger services for four months. It is most likely an error of judgement by the railway company which had provided substantial station facilities in expectation of traffic which never came. Salcey Forest station eventually closed on 31 March 1893 and has an arguable claim, along with Stoke Bruerne, of having had the shortest passenger service ever provided at any British railway station. Goods facilities were withdrawn in 1952.
- ^ Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 398. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
- ^ 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. 119. ISBN 0-905466-19-5.