# Seaton railway station (Rutland)

Seaton railway station was a station serving the villages of Seaton, Rutland, and Harringworth, Northamptonshire.

## History

It was originally a minor intermediate station on the London and North Western Railway single track Rugby and Stamford Railway line, which opened in 1850. In 1873 it became a junction when the LNWR double tracked the line from Rugby to Seaton and opened a new double track line thence to Wansford. Rugby to Peterborough was then operated as the main line and Seaton to Stamford as a branch line. In 1894 the branch line to Uppingham was opened.

## Midland Railway

The Midland Railway Kettering to Manton line passes over the Welland Viaduct a third of a mile to the east, and slightly to the north thereof, passed over the Peterborough and Stamford lines and the Uppingham twice. There was never a connection. The nearest station on the Midland was 1 mile away at Harringworth.

## Closure

The Uppingham branch closed to passengers in 1960, and the Rugby to Peterborough line and Stamford branch in 1966. The Great Northern Railway operated a service between Peterborough North and Leicester Belgrave Road between 1883 and 1916, when the service was withdrawn as a war economy. Today the station site is a private home and scrapyard and the station building itself is now at least in part a private residence.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station |
| Rockingham | London and North Western Railway Rugby to Peterborough East | Wakerley and Barrowden |
| Rockingham | Great Northern Railway Leicester Belgrave Road to Peterborough North | Wakerley and Barrowden |
| Rockingham | London and North Western Railway Rugby and Stamford Railway | Morcott |
| Terminus | London and North Western Railway Uppingham branch | Uppingham |

## Sample Train Timetable for April 1910

The table below shows the train departures from Seaton on weekdays in April 1910.
| Departure | Going to | Calling at | Arrival | Operator |
| 03.29 | Peterborough East | Wansford, Peterborough East | 04.05 | LNWR |
| 03.35 | Stamford | Stamford | 03.52 | LNWR |
| 08.05 | Peterborough North | Wakerley & Barrowden, King's Cliffe, Nassington, Wansford, Castor, Overton, Peterborough North | 08.48 | GNR |
| 09.17 | Rugby | Rockingham, Ashley & Weston, Market Harborough, Lubenham, Theddingworth, Welford & Kilworth, Yelverton & Stanford Park, Lilbourne, Clifton Mill, Rugby | 10.34 | LNWR |
| 09.47 | Peterborough East | Wakerley & Barrowden, King's Cliffe, Nassington, Wansford, Castor, Peterborough East | 10.37 | LNWR |
| 09.50 | Stamford | Morcott, Luffenham, Ketton & Collyweston, Stamford | 10.16 | LNWR |
| 09.54 | Uppingham | Uppingham | 10.05 | LNWR |
| 10.14 | Leicester Belgrave Road | Rockingham, Medbourne, Hallaton, East Norton, Tilton, Loseby, Ingersby, Thurnby & Scraptoft, Humberstone, Leicester Belgrave Road | 11.22 | GNR |
| 11.21 | Peterborough North | Wakerley & Barrowden, King's Cliffe, Nassington, Wansford, Castor, Overton, Peterborough North | 12.06 | GNR |
| 12.09 | Peterborough East | King's Cliffe, Wansford, Peterborough East | 12.40 | LNWR |
| 12.10 | Rugby | Rockingham, Ashley & Weston, Market Harborough, Lubenham, Theddingworth, Welford & Kilworth, Yelverton & Stanford Park, Lilbourne, Clifton Mill, Rugby | 13.30 | LNWR |
| 12.12 | Stamford | Morcott, Luffenham, Ketton & Collyweston, Stamford | 12.35 | LNWR |
| 12.15 | Uppingham | Uppingham | 12.25 | LNWR |
| 14.20 | Peterborough East | Wakerley & Barrowden, King's Cliffe, Nassington, Wansford, Overton, Peterborough East | 15.05 | LNWR |
| 14.27 | Rugby | Rockingham, Ashley & Weston, Market Harborough, Welford & Kilworth, Rugby | 15.25 | LNWR |
| 14.30 | Uppingham | Uppingham | 14.40 | LNWR |
| 14.35 | Stamford | Morcott, Luffenham, Ketton & Collyweston, Stamford | 14.58 | LNWR |
| 15.03 | Leicester Belgrave Road | Rockingham, Medbourne, Hallaton, East Norton, Tilton, Loseby, Ingersby, Thurnby & Scraptoft, Humberstone, Leicester Belgrave Road | 16.10 | GNR |
| 17.04 | Rugby | Rockingham, Ashley & Weston, Market Harborough, Lubenham, Theddingworth, Welford & Lutterworth, Yelverton & Stanford Park, Lilbourne, Clifton Mill, Rugby | 18.23 | LNWR |
| 17.04 | Peterborough North | Wakerley & Barrowden, King's Cliffe, Nassington, Wansford, Castor, Peterborough North | 17.46 | GNR |
| 17.10 Fri only | Uppingham | Uppingham | 17.20 | LNWR |
| 18.17 | Uppingham | Uppingham | 18.27 | LNWR |
| 18.19 | Stamford | Morcott, Luffenham, Ketton & Collyweston, Stamford | 18.42 | LNWR |
| 19.10 | Market Harborough | Rockingham, Ashley & Weston, Market Harborough | 19.35 | LNWR |
| 20.08 | Leicester Belgrave Road | Rockingham, Medbourne, Hallaton, East Norton, Tilton, Loseby, Ingersby, Thurnby & Scraptoft, Humberstone, Leicester Belgrave Road | 21.11 | GNR |
| 22.08 | Peterborough East | Wakerley & Barrowden, King's Cliffe, Nassington, Wansford, Peterborough East | 22.48 | LNWR |
| 20.35 | Rugby | Market Harborough, Welford & Lutterworth, Rugby | 21.32 | LNWR |
| 22.11 | Stamford | Luffenham, Ketton & Collyweston, Stamford | 22.32 | LNWR |