Lubenham | |
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General information | |
Location | Lubenham, Leicestershire England |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | London and Birmingham Railway |
Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Key dates | |
1 May 1850 | Station opens |
6 June 1966 | Station closes [1] |
Lubenham railway station was a railway station serving Lubenham in the English county of Leicestershire. It was opened on the Rugby and Stamford Railway in 1850.
Parliamentary approval was gained in 1846 by the directors of the London and Birmingham Railway for a branch from Rugby to the Syston and Peterborough Railway near Stamford. [2] In the same year the company became part of the London and North Western Railway. The section from Rugby to Market Harborough, which included Lubenham, opened in 1850. Originally single track, it was doubled at the end of 1878. [3]
At grouping in 1923 it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway. The line and station closed in 1966.
Lubenham is a small rural village and civil parish 2 miles (3.2 km) west of the market town of Market Harborough, in the Harborough district, in the south of Leicestershire, England. The first National Hunt Chase Challenge Cup was held in Lubenham, in the grounds of what is now Thorpe Lubenham Hall. Lubenham Parish extends to Gartree in the north and Bramfield Park in the west. The village appears in four entries in the Domesday Book of 1086.
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Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Theddingworth Line and station closed | London and North Western Railway Rugby to Peterborough Line | Market Harborough Station open, line closed |
Coordinates: 52°28′39″N0°58′17″W / 52.4774°N 0.9714°W