‘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
Started by Richard Maund on Saturday.
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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SMJ Maps
Click these SMJ related maps for more detail // Get the Photos - The Stratford Upon Avon Midland Junction widget and many other great free widgets at Widget… View »
Ravenstone Wood
Stoke Bruerne Salcey Fo Wood Signal Box Lever Plates The SMJ line from Towcester joined the Midland Railway's Northampton-Bedford line near Olney at a place known as Raven… View »
Salcey Forest
Stoke Bruerne Salcey Forest Forest station was built in the same style as Stoke Bruerne. The station was very remote and had to be approached by a track across a field. The sta… View »
Stoke Bruerne
Stoke Bruerne Salcey Forest Ra Bruerne station opened to passengers in December 1892 and closed in March 1893. There was one other station on the line from Towcester to Olney… View »
The E&W stations
The East & West Junction railway (E&W) proposed a new line from a junction with the Northampton & Banbury Junction Railway at Greens Norton to Stratford Upon Avon.… View »
The N&B stations
The Northampton & Banbury Junction Railway opened a station on the new main line at Blisworth and on May 1st 1866 ran the first train to Towcester. The following years saw… View »
The Olney Branch 1 Comment
The joint committee dicided to build a single-track railway line between Towcester and the Midland main line near Olney in an attempt to save the two companies. The line to Rave… View »
Model Layout 1 Comment
This is a model layout of the Towcester station site of around 1940. The model of Towcester station was built by Iain Rice in the late 60s/early 70s, for Charles Simpson. It fea… View »
Further Reading
Memeories of the Slow, Miserable & Jolty". Robert Stevens. ISBN: 0 9524619 0 0 [Link] The Northampton & Banbury Junction Railway" Stanley Je… View »
The Final Day
// Get the Photos - The Stratford Upon Avon Midland Junction widget and many other great free widgets at Widgetbox! Under BR, the former SMJ went into stagnation and very… View »
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