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King's Cliffe railway station
Former railway station in Northamptonshire, England
King's Cliffe railway station is a former railway station in King's Cliffe, Northamptonshire. It was owned by the London and North Western Railway, being situated on their line between Market Harborough and Peterborough,[1] but from 1883 to 1916 was also served by trains of the Great Northern Railway.
The station was opened on 1 November 1879[2] and closed to passengers on 6 June 1966.[3] On that date the section from Rugby (Midland) to Kings Cliffe was closed completely, but the line east of Kings Cliffe station remained open for goods traffic. On 3 June 1968 Kings Cliffe station was closed to goods along with the track to Nassington station where a private siding and the line to Yarwell Junction at Wansford remained in use until 1971 to serve a sand and gravel quarry.[4]