East Langton railway station

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East Langton
East Langton station site geograph-3872360-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
Site of the station in 1995
Location East Langton, Leicestershire, Harborough
England
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Midland Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
British Railways
Key dates
2 October 1876opens as Langton
1 May 1891renamed East Langton
1 January 1968station closes [1]

East Langton railway station was opened by the Midland Railway on what is now the Midland Main Line, initially calling it simply Langton.

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History

The station was opened on 2 October 1876. [2] A large party of Langtonians marked their appreciation by buying tickets for the 09.07 train to Kibworth, and returned by the 10.01. [2]

The station was designed by Charles Henry Driver and the contractors were Mason and Son of Kibworth. [3] The station had two platforms with neat Midland pattern timber buildings. The booking office was on the southbound up line, with a small waiting-room on the down. There was no footbridge and the line was crossed by a barrow crossing at the northern end. To the north were long sidings on either side of the running lines capable of handling trains of 30 to 41 wagons - typical for Victorian trains of the period. The signal box was next to these on the down side. Southbound LNWR trains also used the line on their way to a junction at Market Harborough and would signal their presence to the box by means of three whistles. [4]

It was renamed East Langton in 1891 though it also served West Langton, Church Langton, Thorpe Langton and Tur Langton. [5]

At grouping in 1923 it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway.

It closed in 1968. Although the station itself was demolished upon closure the site is now privately owned and even though most of the features have also been demolished a number do still remain, parts of the platform still exist, parts of the first loading dock are still constructed and the second loading dock is complete in its entirety. The current owner of the site was informed that the station was bulldozed into part of the embankment and objects surface every now and then. There have been a number of small digs to recover items over the years but nothing significant has emerged.

Stationmasters

Route

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Kibworth   Midland Railway
Midland Main Line 		  Market Harborough

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References

  1. ↑ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
  2. 1 2 "East Langton. Opening of the New Station" . Leicester Chronicle. England. 7 October 1876. Retrieved 15 February 2017– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "East Langton. The New Station" . Leicester Chronicle. England. 30 September 1876. Retrieved 15 February 2017– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ Preston Hendry, R., Powell Hendry, R., (1982) An historical survey of selected LMS stations : layouts and illustrations. Vol. 1 Oxford Publishing
  5. ↑ Radford, B., (1983) Midland Line Memories: a Pictorial History of the Midland Railway Main Line Between London (St Pancras) & Derby London: Bloomsbury Books
  6. ↑ "1871-1879 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 720. 1871. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "1881-1898 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 697. 1881. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  8. 1 2 "1899-1908 Coaching; Piece 1027". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 663. 1899. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  9. ↑ "Market Harborough" . Market Harborough Advertiser and Midland Mail. England. 10 November 1939. Retrieved 5 February 2022– via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ↑ "A staff clerk" . Northampton Mercury. England. 16 December 1949. Retrieved 5 February 2022– via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ↑ "Station Master" . Clitheroe Times. England. 6 December 1957. Retrieved 5 February 2022– via British Newspaper Archive.

 
 

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