Great Glen railway station

Great Glen
General information
Location	Great Glen, Leicestershire, Harborough England
Grid reference	SP652962
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Railways
Key dates
1857	Station opened as Glen (or Glenn)
January 1897	Renamed Great Glen
1951	station closed for passengers
1964	Station closed completely
Location

Great Glen railway station was built by the Midland Railway in 1857 on its extension from Leicester to Bedford and Hitchin.

History

Originally simply Glen, it was later renamed Glen Magna before receiving its final name. Passengers services finished in 1951, while goods services continued it was unstaffed in 1962, finally closing in 1964. The station houses remain and are occupied by a commercial business. ^[1]

Stationmasters

• George Fowler ca. 1859 ^[2] - 1873 ^[3]
• S. Ellery 1873 - 1876 ^[3] (formerly station master at Buckden, afterwards station master at Peak Forest)
• S. Ferguson 1876 - 1877 ^[3] (formerly station master at Linby)
• W. Headford 1877 - 1880 ^[3] (formerly station master at Buckden, afterwards station master at Wilnecote)
• R. Grice 1880 ^[3] - 1881 ^[4] (formerly station master at Darley Dale)
• Edward Richardson 1881 - 1884 ^[4] (formerly station master at Frisby)
• C. Barnett 1884 ^[4] - 1900 ^[5] (formerly station master at Wickwar)
• Alfred William Kingdon 1900 - 1902 ^[5] (afterwards station master at Kibworth)
• George Stephen Coleman 1902 ^[5] - 1926 ^[6] (afterwards station master at Narborough)
• J.L. Hadfield 1926 - 1935 ^[7] (from 1929 also station master at Kibworth)
• William Hankins 1935 ^[8] - ca. 1938 (formerly station master at Seaton, also station master of Kibworth)

Route

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Wigston Magna Line open, station closed		Midland Railway Midland Main Line		Kibworth Line open, station closed

References

1. Radford, B., (1983) Midland Line Memories: a Pictorial History of the Midland Railway Main Line Between London (St Pancras) & Derby London: Bloomsbury Books
2. "1859-1866". Midland Railway Miscellaneous Depts: 173. 1914. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
3. "1871-1879 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 519. 1871. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
4. "1881-1898 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 692. 1881. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
5. "1899-1908 Coaching; Piece 1027". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 658. 1899. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
6. "Mr. A. Coleman" . Leicester Chronicle. England. 1 May 1926. Retrieved 5 February 2022– via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Promotion for Stationmaster" . Leicester Chronicle. England. 27 April 1935. Retrieved 5 February 2022– via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "His Sixth Change" . Leicester Evening Mail. England. 31 May 1935. Retrieved 30 January 2022– via British Newspaper Archive.

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