Newport Pagnell railway station – Wikipedia

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Former railway station in England

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[edit]

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]

See also[edit]

Stations in and around Milton Keynes

References[edit]

  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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Coordinates:

52°05′00″N 0°43′50″W / 52.0834°N 0.7305°W / 52.0834; -0.7305