Station Details

Long Buckby

Station NameLong Buckby
Station CodeLBK
Station OwnerWest Midlands Trains (London Northwestern Railway)
Developable Area114.82ha
Development Capacity5,741 homes (at 50dph)
Local Planning AuthorityWest Northamptonshire
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score0%
Network Rail RegionEast Midlands
Network Rail Sub-RegionLeicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
Passengers, 2020 - 202177,952
Passengers, 2019 - 2020387,382
UK Station Passenger Rank (Use)1,073

Development Potential

England's busiest station (apart from those serving airports) had 4,170,558 passenger movements in the period 2019-2020. The station with the least was 68. Long Buckby station had 387,382 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 1,064 people per day.

For a station with this number of passengers passing through it each year a density of 50 homes per hectare is reasonable, based on its proximity to major population centres and existing infrastructure.

Long Buckby is located within the East Midlands railway region. The potential area for development around the station (excluding existing buildings, national parks, flood zones, public green space, protected habitats, areas of outstanding natural beauty, world heritage sites and surface water) is approximately 114.82ha.

Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 50 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 5,741 homes.

The station sits within West Northamptonshire planning authority.