Long Buckby railway station

Long Buckby
Station exterior
General information
Location	Long Buckby, West Northamptonshire England
Grid reference	SP623666
Managed by	London Northwestern Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	LBK
Classification	DfT category E
History
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 December 1881 (1881-12-01)	Station opened
Passengers
2019/20	0.387 million
2020/21	77,952
2021/22	0.211 million
2022/23	0.250 million
2023/24	0.293 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Long Buckby railway station is a small railway station next to the village of Long Buckby, Northamptonshire, England. It is the nearest railway station for the larger town of Daventry, 4 miles (6.4 km) away.

The station is on the Northampton loop of the West Coast Main Line. It is served by West Midlands Trains services to Birmingham New Street, Northampton and London Euston. For Avanti West Coast inter-city services passengers should change at Rugby, the next station to the west.

History

Old postcard of the station c. 1900s

The station was opened along with the line on 1 December 1881, by the London and North Western Railway, it is the only remaining station between Northampton and Rugby; three others opened on the same stretch of line (Kilsby and Crick, Althorp Park and Church Brampton) are now closed.

The original station buildings were demolished during the period of British Rail, and replaced with more basic facilities.

Since the closure of Althorp Park station in 1960, Long Buckby has been the nearest station to Althorp, the family home of the Earls Spencer. In September 1997 Long Buckby station was seen on television across the world, as it was where Charles, Prince of Wales, Prince William and Prince Harry arrived from London after the Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales.

Services

Long Buckby is served by two West Midlands Trains services per hour in each direction: i.e., two northbound to Birmingham New Street via Rugby and Coventry, and two southbound to London Euston via Northampton.

Long Buckby also receives a limited service between London Euston and Crewe from London Northwestern Railway. Most services between Euston and Crewe on London Northwestern Railway services go direct between Milton Keynes Central and Rugby, bypassing the Northampton Loop.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Rugby towards Birmingham New Street		London Northwestern Railway London–Birmingham		Northampton towards London Euston
Historical railways
Kilsby and Crick Line open, station closed		London and North Western Railway Northampton Loop		Althorp Park Line open, station closed

Facilities

The station platforms are above street level on an embankment, and are accessed by stairs, there are basic shelters on each platform. A cabin next to the station car park serves as a part-time ticket office, there is also a ticket machine.

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  Station entrance and ticket office cabin.
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  Station platforms.
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  London Northwestern Railway Class 350 pulling into Long Buckby

External links

Northampton loop
Birmingham Loop Line Trent Valley line Trent Valley Junction Rugby Hillmorton Junction Rugby Parkway (proposed) Kilsby and Crick Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT) Daventry South Junction Crick Tunnel Watford Lodge Tunnel Long Buckby Althorp Park Church Brampton Northampton– Market Harborough line Northampton Northampton–Peterborough line & Bedford–Northampton line Blisworth Hunsbury Hill Tunnel Roade Hanslope Junction Castlethorpe Wolverton Milton Keynes Central West Coast Main Line

• Train times and station information for Long Buckby railway station from National Rail
• Old photograph of the station from 1952 - flickr.com