Rugby and Stamford Railway

The London and Birmingham Railway had already built a branch from Blisworth to serve Northampton and extend to Peterborough.

At approximately the same time the Midland Railway was building its Syston to Peterborough line which opened in 1848.

[3] Market Harborough to Rockingham opened a month late, but the remainder to Luffenham was not completed until a year later.

The increased traffic into Rugby proved a problem, particularly when the Northampton Loop Line opened in 1881.

The LNWR therefore applied to build a flyover at the south end of the station and a single track viaduct of some 30 arches which would bring the line in from Clifton Mill.

In January 2019, Campaign for Better Transport released a report identifying the line which was listed as Priority 2 for reopening.