Olney railway station

Olney was a railway station on the former Bedford to Northampton Line and Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway which served the town of Olney in Buckinghamshire, England. It was situated on a busy section of line between Towcester and Ravenstone Wood junction which saw heavy use by freight services running between Wales and north-east England. The station closed for passengers in 1962 and completely in 1964, the various connecting routes to the line having closed one by one from the 1950s onwards.

Opened by the Bedford & Northampton Railway on 10 June 1872 as part of its line from Bedford to Northampton, the station came under the control of the Midland Railway on 16 July 1885. It was situated at the beginning of a 3-mile climb, averaging 1 in 80, towards the line's summit near Ravenstone Wood Junction. The station was conveniently located near the centre of Olney. An attractive two-storey stone station building was provided on the Down platform where a footbridge provided access to the Up platform and its stone waiting shelter. A 9,000-imperial-gallon water tank erected in the early 1890s behind the Up platform was supplied with water from the nearby River Great Ouse. An extensive goods shed, goods office and weighbridge were also provided.

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