Bardon Hill railway station
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Bardon Hill | |
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General information | |
Location | Bardon, North West Leicestershire England |
Coordinates | 52°42′35″N 1°20′47″W / 52.7097°N 1.3465°W |
Grid reference | SK442126 |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Pre-grouping | Midland Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Key dates | |
27 April 1833 | Opened as Ashby Road |
1 January 1847 | Name changed to Bardon Hill |
1 March 1849 | Closed |
1 September 1849 | Reopened |
12 May 1952 | Closed[1] |
Bardon Hill railway station was a railway station in Leicestershire, England, on the Leicester and Swannington Railway, which later became part of the Midland Railway's Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line.
The village of Bardon was built to serve the large granite quarry on Bardon Hill. The quarry has for many decades provided significant freight traffic for the railway, and in about 1990 the village was demolished to let the quarry expand. British Railways had closed Bardon Hill station in 1952 but the line remains open for freight traffic.[2]
References
- ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 64. OCLC 931112387.
- ^ "Bardon Hill Station © Ben Brooksbank cc-by-sa/2.0 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". Geograph. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Bagworth and Ellistown Line open, station closed |
Midland Railway Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line |
Coalville Town Line open, station closed |
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