‘The Stratford Upon Avon & Midland Junction Railway’ (or S.M.J.) was a small independent railway company which ran a line across the empty, untouched centre of England. It visited the counties of Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Oxfordshire and a little of Buckinghamshire, only existing as the SMJ from 1909 to 1923. In 1923 the S.M.J.became a minor arm of the London Midland and Scottish (L.M.S.), then in 1948 'British Railways' 

Gone but not forgotten: "the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth"


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Blisworth - Towcester ETS working

Electric train staff equipment had been brought into use between Blisworth and Towcester by 9 August 1910 (date of SMJR minute 451 (TNA file RAIL 674/3)) and presumably the new signal box at Blisworth appeared at the same time. In that this was so…Continue

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Blisworth 1920

SMJ board minute 1474 of 13 April 1921 (TNA file RAIL 674/4) approved that “the following expenditure be charged to Capital” for year 1920: “Blisworth: Signalling and alterations to Permanent Way, Improvements and additional signalling: £800”. In…Continue

Started by Richard Maund on Saturday.

Evesham Redditch & Stratford-upon-Avon Junction Railway 8 Replies

Did this railway (as opposed to the East & West Junction Railway) go into receivership - if so, when. And when did it come out of receivership?Continue

Started by Richard Maund. Last reply by Richard Maund Feb 11.

Bidford-on-Avon 5 Replies

Shall we bring this discussion under the proper heading!So far as the OS plan surveyed 1885, published 1886, is concerned: the OS liked - wherever they could  - to have text running parallel to the top and bottom borders. When they came to add the…Continue

Started by Richard Maund. Last reply by Richard Maund Feb 10.

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Towcester Station : Northampton Mercury (30th December 1865)

The following article appears over on Flickr... Sunday 1st May 2016 marks the 150th anniversary of the opening of Towcester Station on the…

Started by Graham Ward

0 May 3, 2016

Towcester Museum 100 Club

Dear SMJ Society member Below is a conversation I am currently having with Martin John, a contact via the museum in Towcester. Some of you…

Started by Andy Thompson

27 Jan 21, 2013
Reply by John Evans

Towcester Station features in British Railway Journal Number 76

Evening all,   Picked this up last weekend: thoroughly good read. Only downside is that the journal itself is now £9.95 an issue! Towcester…

Started by Simon Dunkley

0 Apr 24, 2011

Join the 'Towcester 100 Club'! - Towcester Museum

http://www.towcestermuseum.co.uk/takepart_100club.html   Quote: "As an important part of our efforts to raise funds for the completion of t…

Started by Andy Thompson

1 Mar 2, 2011
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