The Rushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway is the railway activity of Rushden Historic Transport Society.

The aim is to re-open the Midland Railway branch line, which ran between Wellingborough and Higham Ferrers.

At the moment, ¼ mile of the line has been re-laid at Rushden Station, and is used for demonstration runs on certain weekends. (For details see “Operating”)

The short to medium term objective is to extend a further ¾ mile towards Higham Ferrers and establish a terminus there, and to reinstate the rail bridge over the A6 (now that the road has been de-trunked) enabling 1 mile of line to be laid towards Wellingborough. Negotiations regarding obtaining land access are currently under way.

07/09/08 Signs of progress at last! We have been given permission to access Shirley Road bridge to carry out a survey of its condition, and to make it secure so that it suffers no further damage. We also have a sponsor for getting a professional survey done. Once we know what needs to be done to make it safely usable, we are given to understand that matters can be progressed reasonably quickly.

The ultimate objective is to complete the reinstatement of the line to the vacant up slow platform at Wellingborough Station.