Old railway bridge, Easton Neston Estate, Towcester, Northamptonshire
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greysman
N 52° 08.832 W 000° 57.544
30U E 639643 N 5779374
One of several railway bridges on the dismantled Olney to Towcester branch-line in the Easton Neston estate.
Waymark Code: WM8F07
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/23/2010
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The Northampton and Banbury Junction Railway was authorised in 1863 and the first section was opened from a station adjoining the LNWR’s premises at Blisworth, running to Towcester, on 1st May 1866. It was not until April 1891 that the Towcester-Ravenstone Junction line was opened and a connection was made at Easton Neston for shipment of iron ore from the quarries in the area. In 1909 the line became known as the Stratford upon Avon & Midland Junction Railway and continued to carry passengers and freight until 1952 and mid-1960s respectively.
This bridge is one of those built on the Ravenstone Branch from Towcester to Ravenstone Wood, near Olney, on the Midland's Northampton branch-line form St.Pancras. The abutments are constructed in stone but bricks form the arch.
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