Clifton Mill railway station

Clifton Mill
Site of the station in 1988.
General information
Location	Clifton-upon-Dunsmore, Warwickshire England
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
November 1864 [1]	Station opens
6 April 1953 [2]	Station closes
Location

Clifton Mill railway station was a railway station serving Clifton-upon-Dunsmore in the English county of Warwickshire. It was opened on the Rugby and Stamford Railway in 1864. ^[1]

History

Parliamentary approval was gained in 1846 to the directors of the London and Birmingham Railway for a branch from Rugby to the Syston and Peterborough Railway near Stamford. ^[3] In the same year the company became part of the London and North Western Railway. The section from Rugby to Market Harborough was opened on 1 May 1850. Clifton Mill did not open until 1864. and ^[1] although it was single track, it was doubled in 1878. ^[4]

At grouping in 1923 it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway. The station closed on 6 April 1953 ^[2] and the line closed in 1966.

Site today

Station Road leads from the village centre terminating in a small Mill Lane. Some distance along the former are a number of buildings, where traces of the old track bed may still be made out.

Map of the railways around Rugby in 1950, showing the location of Clifton Mill station

References

1. "Clifton Mill station" . Retrieved 23 April 2016.
2. Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 128. ISBN   978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC   612226077.
3. "Rugby and Stamford Railway Act 1846".
4. Hendry, R. Preston; Hendry, R. Powell (1982). An historical survey of selected LMS stations: layouts and illustrations Vol. 1. Oxford Publishing. p. 152. ISBN   0-86093-168-4.

External links

• Clifton Mill station on navigable 1954 O. S. map

52°22′58″N1°13′52″W / 52.38284°N 1.23110°W / 52.38284; -1.23110

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Rugby Station open, line closed		London and North Western Railway Rugby to Peterborough Line		Lilbourne Line and station closed