Railways around Peterborough and
The National Rail Network & Heritage railways in the
UK
Manton Junction
The Railway Line to Kettering leaves the Peterborough
to Leicester line here
Manton to Kettering
The Leicester to Peterborough line
Manton Junction signal box.
This signal box which is still
open today,it controls this junction. The photo was taken from a
train in BR days. This signal box was opened in
1913.
There was a station at Manton which closed to passengers
in 1966 and had closed to goods two years before in 1964. The village
of Manton is
in the county of Rutland.
The next page along the Leicester to Peterborough line is North Luffenham for this line use
list on far right.
Manton Junction to kettering line
This signal box which is still
open today,it controls this junction. The photo was taken from a
train in BR days. This signal box was opened in
1913.
There was a station at Manton which closed to passengers in 1966 and had closed to goods two years before in 1964. The village of Manton is in the county of Rutland.
The next page along the Leicester to Peterborough line is North Luffenham for this line use list on far right.
The line to Corby and Kettering leaves the Oakham to Peterborough line at Manton
junction. The line from Oakham to kettering was the main line, but
the Peterborough line is the maine line today. There is now just a single line
off the Peterborough to Oakham line, to Kettering.
The Manton Junction to Kettering line was closed to passenger trains. The steel works at Corby was one of the lines main users with iron ore, coal and the finished steel being some of cargos of the trains that Corby generated.
The odd Sunday passenger trains have used this line as a diversion but because some the signal boxes along the line were closed the section are quite long, limiting the amount of trains that can use the line.
Steam trains have used this line with Harringworth Viaduct being the main photo spot.
In 2009 East Midland Trains started using the
New Corby Station
with hourly trains to London. They have also started a early morning train
from Melton with a return train in the evening. These two
trains were the first booked normal passenger trains over all the
line for many years.
The next page along the Leicester to
Peterborough line is North Luffenham or for this
line use list on far right
The next page along the line to Kettering is Harringworth Viaduct or for this
line use list on near right.
The next page along the Leicester to
Peterborough line is North Luffenham or for this
line use list on far right
The next page along the line to Kettering is Harringworth Viaduct or for this
line use list on near right.
Kettering
Corby
Harringworth Viaduct
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Melton Mowbray
Melton Mowbray
Between Melton and Oakham
Oakham
Between Oakham and Stamford
Stamford
Melton Mowbray
Between Melton and Oakham
Oakham
Between Oakham and Stamford
Stamford
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