open and no-one was inside. The circumstances of her death were never fully explained. Two very similar railway accidents occurred on the Northampton loop in 1967 and 1969. The 1967 incident was near the village of Milton Malsor between Roade and Hunsbury Hill tunnel and the other in 1969 near the northern end of Roade cutting. On 20 March 1985, the body of 35 year old social worker Janet Maddocks was found beside the line to the north of Northampton station. Jack Roy, aged 15 at the time, was later convicted of murdering her and throwing her from a train. References Transport in Northampton Rail transport in Northamptonshire Railway lines in the East Midlands Railway lines in the West Midlands (region) Standard gauge railways in England