Donisthorpe railway station

Donisthorpe
Site of Donisthorpe station.
General information
Location	Donisthorpe, North West Leicestershire England
Coordinates	52°43′20″N1°32′01″W / 52.7223°N 1.5337°W / 52.7223; -1.5337
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway
Pre-grouping	Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 May 1874	Station opened
13 April 1931	Station closed to passengers
6 July 1964	Station closed to goods
20 June 1981	Branch to Donisthorpe Colliery closed
Location

Donisthorpe railway station is a disused railway station that formerly served the village of Donisthorpe, North West Leicestershire, from 1874 to 1931. ^[1] The station was on the Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway. The site has since been filled in and is now a footpath to Measham and Moira. The only trace of the former railway is the footpath to Measham. ^[2]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Gresley Line and station closed		Midland Railway, London and North Western Railway Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway		Measham Line and station closed
Moira Line and station closed

References

1. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 156. OCLC   931112387.
2. Historic England. "Donisthorpe Station (509044)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 15 May 2021.

External links

• http://www.midlandrailway.org.uk/occasional-papers/donisthorpe/
• http://www.shackerstonefestival.co.uk/ANJR/Hdonisthorpe_station.htm Archived 30 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine
• http://podahistory.blogspot.com/2014/07/donisthorpe-railway-station.html