Elton | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Elton, Huntingdonshire |
Country: | England |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Platforms: | 2 |
Original: | London and North Western Railway |
Pregroup: | London and North Western Railway |
Postgroup: | London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways |
Years: | January 1847 |
Events: | Station opened |
Years1: | 7 December 1953 |
Events1: | Station closed[1] |
Elton railway station is a former railway station in Elton, Cambridgeshire on former Northampton and Peterborough Railway which connected Peterborough with Northampton via Wellingborough.
The station opened in 1847 and closed in 1953 to passengers. In 1846 the line, along with the London and Birmingham, became part of the London and North Western Railway. At grouping in 1923 it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway.
Elton was the last station along the line before crossing the border into Northamptonshire towards Oundle.