Corby Railway Station
Corby railway station, owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Trains (EMT), serves the town of Corby in Northamptonshire, England. The current station, opened on 23 February 2009, replaces an earlier one dating from 1879 and first closed on 18 April 1966 (it was reopened briefly between 1987 and 1990: see "History", below).
Plans for the current station, built on a site adjacent to the original, were approved in late 2007. The station opened with just one daily train each way on Mondays to Fridays. The full, current service of hourly trains to and from London began on 27 April 2009, after East Midlands Trains had taken delivery of the additional trains needed for its implementation.
Read more about Corby Railway Station: History
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