Bardon Hill railway station

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Bardon Hill
LeicesterAndSwannington02A.jpg
Signal cabin at the site of Bardon Hill station
General information
Location Bardon, North West Leicestershire
England
Coordinates 52°42′35″N1°20′47″W / 52.7097°N 1.3465°W / 52.7097; -1.3465
Grid reference SK442126
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-grouping Midland Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
27 April 1833 (1833-04-27)Opened as Ashby Road
1 January 1847Name changed to Bardon Hill
1 March 1849Closed
1 September 1849Reopened
12 May 1952 (1952-05-12)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]

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References

  1. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 64. OCLC   931112387.
  2. "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
Bagworth and Ellistown
Line open, station closed
  Midland Railway
Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line
  Coalville Town
Line open, station closed