Seaton railway station (Rutland)


Seaton railway station was a station serving the villages of Seaton, Rutland, and Harringworth, Northamptonshire.

History

It was originally a minor intermediate station on the London and North Western Railway single track Rugby and Stamford Railway line, which opened in 1850. In 1873 it became a junction when the LNWR double tracked the line from Rugby to Seaton and opened a new double track line thence to Wansford. Rugby to Peterborough was then operated as the main line and Seaton to Stamford as a branch line. In 1894 the branch line to Uppingham was opened.

Midland Railway

The Midland Railway Kettering to Manton line passes over the Welland Viaduct a third of a mile to the east, and slightly to the north thereof, passed over the Peterborough and Stamford lines and the Uppingham twice. There was never a connection. The nearest station on the Midland was 1 mile away at Harringworth.

Closure

The Uppingham branch closed to passengers in 1960, and the Rugby to Peterborough line and Stamford branch in 1966. The Great Northern Railway operated a service between Peterborough North and Leicester Belgrave Road between 1883 and 1916, when the service was withdrawn as a war economy.
Today the station site is a private home and scrapyard and the station building itself is now at least in part a private residence.

Sample Train Timetable for April 1910

The table below shows the train departures from Seaton on weekdays in April 1910.
DepartureGoing toCalling atArrivalOperator
03.29Peterborough EastWansford, Peterborough East04.05LNWR
03.35StamfordStamford03.52LNWR
08.05Peterborough NorthWakerley & Barrowden, King's Cliffe, Nassington, Wansford, Castor, Overton, Peterborough North08.48GNR
09.17RugbyRockingham, Ashley & Weston, Market Harborough, Lubenham, Theddingworth, Welford & Kilworth, Yelverton & Stanford Park, Lilbourne, Clifton Mill, Rugby10.34LNWR
09.47Peterborough EastWakerley & Barrowden, King's Cliffe, Nassington, Wansford, Castor, Peterborough East10.37LNWR
09.50StamfordMorcott, Luffenham, Ketton & Collyweston, Stamford10.16LNWR
09.54UppinghamUppingham10.05LNWR
10.14Leicester Belgrave RoadRockingham, Medbourne, Hallaton, East Norton, Tilton, Loseby, Ingersby, Thurnby & Scraptoft, Humberstone, Leicester Belgrave Road11.22GNR
11.21Peterborough NorthWakerley & Barrowden, King's Cliffe, Nassington, Wansford, Castor, Overton, Peterborough North12.06GNR
12.09Peterborough EastKing's Cliffe, Wansford, Peterborough East12.40LNWR
12.10RugbyRockingham, Ashley & Weston, Market Harborough, Lubenham, Theddingworth, Welford & Kilworth, Yelverton & Stanford Park, Lilbourne, Clifton Mill, Rugby13.30LNWR
12.12StamfordMorcott, Luffenham, Ketton & Collyweston, Stamford12.35LNWR
12.15UppinghamUppingham12.25LNWR
14.20Peterborough EastWakerley & Barrowden, King's Cliffe, Nassington, Wansford, Overton, Peterborough East15.05LNWR
14.27RugbyRockingham, Ashley & Weston, Market Harborough, Welford & Kilworth, Rugby15.25LNWR
14.30UppinghamUppingham14.40LNWR
14.35StamfordMorcott, Luffenham, Ketton & Collyweston, Stamford14.58LNWR
15.03Leicester Belgrave RoadRockingham, Medbourne, Hallaton, East Norton, Tilton, Loseby, Ingersby, Thurnby & Scraptoft, Humberstone, Leicester Belgrave Road16.10GNR
17.04RugbyRockingham, Ashley & Weston, Market Harborough, Lubenham, Theddingworth, Welford & Lutterworth, Yelverton & Stanford Park, Lilbourne, Clifton Mill, Rugby18.23LNWR
17.04Peterborough NorthWakerley & Barrowden, King's Cliffe, Nassington, Wansford, Castor, Peterborough North17.46GNR
17.10
Fri only		UppinghamUppingham17.20LNWR
18.17UppinghamUppingham18.27LNWR
18.19StamfordMorcott, Luffenham, Ketton & Collyweston, Stamford18.42LNWR
19.10Market HarboroughRockingham, Ashley & Weston, Market Harborough19.35LNWR
20.08Leicester Belgrave RoadRockingham, Medbourne, Hallaton, East Norton, Tilton, Loseby, Ingersby, Thurnby & Scraptoft, Humberstone, Leicester Belgrave Road21.11GNR
22.08Peterborough EastWakerley & Barrowden, King's Cliffe, Nassington, Wansford, Peterborough East22.48LNWR
20.35RugbyMarket Harborough, Welford & Lutterworth, Rugby21.32LNWR
22.11StamfordLuffenham, Ketton & Collyweston, Stamford22.32LNWR