At grouping in 1923 it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway.
Ditchford is famous as the locality of reputed treacle mines.
The origin of this fantasy is obscure, though the station's sidings were primarily to serve a nearby ironstone quarry.
[2] For most of its existence although on the bank of the river Nene it was without mains water, which had to be brought in each day by train.
The Station Master had the power to stop any train so that his family could travel to Wellingborough and its remoteness meant that it saw little business and it closed to passengers in 1924.