Harringworth Station
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Harringworth Station by A-M-Jervis as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Harringworth Station
Image: © A-M-Jervis Taken: 19 Sep 1966
Harringworth Station was opened by the Midland Railway on 1 March 1880 on the Kettering - Melton Mowbray - Nottingham line that provided an alternative route to the latter city away from the main line through Leicester. Local traffic was not huge and the then-young British Railways closed the station from 1 November 1948, though expresses continued to run past. Immediately north of the station the line crossed the River Welland from Northamptonshire into Rutland on a viaduct of 82 arches. At the time of my visit the signalman warmed me to stay clear of the station house on account of a noisy and aggressive canine occupant.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
52.558883
Longitude
-0.656007