‘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
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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
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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
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SMJ photos
Farthinghoe
The Northampton + Banbury Junction Railway, Towcester to Cockley Brake section had two stations, Wappenham and Helmdon, both of which were opened to goods traffic in August of 1871. On completion and ironically, the N&B.J.R. reached neither Northampton at one end nor Banbury at the other under it's own powers.
Passenger numbers on the former N+BJR, former SMJ fell and talk of closures filled the air. July 1951 saw the withdrawal of the Blisworth and Banbury passenger service. The Buckingham and Banbury line was wound down from 1961. Passenger trains between Buckingham and Verney Junction hung on until September 1964 and freight until June 1966.
Although a station on the original Northampton + Banbury Junction Railway there is a big gap in my knowledge, anyone with some more info please feel free to add it
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Does anyone know if N&B/SMJ trains stopped here. on their way to/from Banbury during the independant years?
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Have a look at LNWR Timetable 1908 in the 'Documents' album of the 'Photos' section. It looks as if they did then. In the very early days (1888 timetable) the up trains could only pick up passengers and the down ones set them down, presumably this was so that people wishing to travel between Banbury and Farthinghoe or vice versa had to use the LNWR's own Banbury - Bletchley line trains, by 1894 there seems to have been no such restriction. Details from timetables on pages 37 - 8 of 'The Northampton & Banbury Railway' by Stanley C Jenkins
Dick
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