Castlethorpe
Remains of the station (1991)
General information
Location	Castlethorpe,Milton Keynes England
Coordinates	52°05′33″N0°50′20″W / 52.0925°N 0.8388°W /52.0925; -0.8388
Grid reference	SP796444
Platforms	4
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
2 August 1882[1]	Opened
6 July 1964[2]	Goods facilities withdrawn
6 September 1964[3]	Closed
Location

Castlethorpe railway station was arailway station serving theBuckinghamshire village of thesame name in what is now theCity of Milton Keynes, on theWest Coast Main Line in England. The station was located south of the bridge over the current line on what remains Station Road.

Castlethorpe station was opened for goods in 1881 and the first passenger train arrived at 8.30am on Monday, 2 August 1882.^{[citation needed]}

Despite a strong campaign to keep the station open, mounted by the parish council,Sir Frank Markham, Member of Parliament forBuckingham andRobert Maxwell the prospectiveLabour Party candidate, the station was closed to passengers on 6 September 1964.^[3]

The West Coast Main Line runs through the site of the station where sections of the platforms were still in site in 2025 along with its overhead bridge. The buildings were demolished soon after closure.

• Roade cutting

v t e Stations in and around Milton Keynes
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West Coast Main Line towardsGlasgow Central Northampton loop toNorthampton Roade Cutting Roade Bedford–Northampton line towardsNorthampton Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway Salcey Forest Hanslope Junction Castlethorpe Olney Wolverton and Stony Stratford Tramway towardsBedford Deanshanger Old Stratford Wolverton–Newport Pagnell line Stony Stratford Newport Pagnell Wolverton Works Great Linford Wolverton Bradwell East West Rail / Marston Vale line toBedford Woburn Sands Milton Keynes Central Bow Brickhill Denbigh Hall Fenny Stratford Bletchley TMD Bletchley East West Rail / (formerVarsity Line) to Oxford Bletchley Flyover Leighton Buzzard West Coast Main Line towardsEuston

v t e Northampton loop
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Birmingham Loop Line Trent Valley line Trent Valley Junction Rugby Hillmorton Junction Rugby Parkway (proposed) Kilsby and Crick Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT) Daventry South Junction Crick Tunnel Watford Lodge Tunnel Long Buckby Althorp Park Church Brampton Northampton– Market Harborough line Northampton Northampton–Peterborough line &Bedford–Northampton line Blisworth Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway Hunsbury Hill Tunnel Roade Cutting Roade Hanslope Junction Castlethorpe Wolverton Milton Keynes Central West Coast Main Line

• Disused railway stations in Buckinghamshire
• Former London and North Western Railway stations
• Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1882
• Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964
• Beeching closures in England
• Railway stations in Milton Keynes

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