en Long Buckby railway station

Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Long Buckby
Long Buckby
	Station exterior
General information
Location	Long Buckby, West Northamptonshire; England
Grid reference	SP623666
Managed by	London Northwestern Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	LBK
Classification	DfT category E
History
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 December 1881	Station opened
Passengers
2019/20	0.387 million
2020/21	77,952
2021/22	0.211 million
2022/23	0.250 million
2023/24	0.293 million
Location
Location
Notes
Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Long Buckby railway station is a small railway station next to the village of Long Buckby, Northamptonshire, England. It is the nearest railway station for the larger town of Daventry, 4 miles (6.4 km) away.

The station is on the Northampton loop of the West Coast Main Line. It is served by West Midlands Trains services to Birmingham New Street, Northampton and London Euston. For Avanti West Coast inter-city services passengers should change at Rugby, the next station to the west.

History

The station was opened along with the line on 1 December 1881, by the London and North Western Railway,^[1] it is the only remaining station between Northampton and Rugby; three others opened on the same stretch of line (Kilsby and Crick, Althorp Park and Church Brampton) are now closed.

The original station buildings were demolished during the period of British Rail, and replaced with more basic facilities.

Since the closure of Althorp Park station in 1960, Long Buckby has been the nearest station to Althorp, the family home of the Earls Spencer. In September 1997 Long Buckby station was seen on television across the world, as it was where Charles, Prince of Wales, Prince William and Prince Harry arrived from London after the Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales.^[2]

Services

Long Buckby is served by two West Midlands Trains services per hour in each direction: i.e., two northbound to Birmingham New Street via Rugby and Coventry, and two southbound to London Euston via Northampton.^[3]

Long Buckby also receives a limited service between London Euston and Crewe from London Northwestern Railway. Most services between Euston and Crewe on London Northwestern Railway services go direct between Milton Keynes Central and Rugby, bypassing the Northampton Loop.^[4]

Preceding station	National Rail		Following station
Rugby		London Northwestern Railway Northampton Loop	Northampton
	Historical railways
Kilsby and Crick Line open, station closed		London and North Western Railway Northampton Loop	Althorp Park Line open, station closed

Facilities

The station platforms are above street level on an embankment, and are accessed by stairs, there are basic shelters on each platform. A cabin next to the station car park serves as a part-time ticket office, there is also a ticket machine.^[5]

Station entrance and ticket office cabin.
Station platforms.
London Northwestern Railway Class 350 pulling into Long Buckby

References

^ Quick, Michael. "Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain" (PDF). Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 294. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
^ "Funeral of Princess Diana: Royal Family arrives at Long Buckby Station". Getty Images. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
^ GB National Rail Timetable December 2015 – May 2016, Table 68
^ "Long Buckby railway station". www.londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk. West Midlands Railways. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
^ "Long Buckby station plan". National Rail. Retrieved 25 October 2021.