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In
January 2019, Campaign for Better Transport released a report identifying the line which was listed as Priority 2 for reopening. Priority 2 is for those lines which require further development or a change in circumstances (such as housing developments).
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Harborough to Rockingham opened a month late, but the remainder to Luffenham was not completed until a year later. The line was not doubled throughout until 1878.
1547:. Although it eased construction with few earthworks it involved a number of river crossings. During the construction the major contractor became bankrupt in 1848.
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An historical survey of selected LMS stations : layouts and illustrations. Vol. 1
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The Record Office for
Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archive Catalogue
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which opened in 1848. It was therefore necessary to share its line between
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c. lxvii). was passed in 1846, a month before the line became part of the
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The increased traffic into Rugby proved a problem, particularly when the
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Stamford Line in relation to Midland lines around 1850
1693:. Vol. 19. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 43–44.
1551:, railway contractor, lost much of his savings as a result.
1619:Despite offering a more direct route between the
1703:Preston Hendry, R., Powell Hendry, R., (1982)
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1718:A History of the Railways of Northamptonshire
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1736:. Campaign for Better Transport. p. 42
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1687:, ed. (1889). "Joseph Firbank".
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