Roade railway station

Roade
General information
Location	Roade, West Northamptonshire England
Grid reference	SP755515
Platforms	5
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	London and Birmingham Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
17 September 1838[1]	Opened
1881	Relocated 220m south
6 July 1964[2]	Goods facilities withdrawn
7 September 1964	Closed
Location

Roade was a railway station serving the Northamptonshire village of the same name on the West Coast Main Line. Roade Station opened in 1838 as the principal station for Northampton (which the main line had bypassed), but its importance diminished upon the opening of the Northampton and Peterborough Railway in 1845. The construction of the Northampton Loop Line in 1875 made Roade a junction station, and it survived until 1964.