Stoke Golding railway station

Stoke Golding
General information
Location	Stoke Golding, Hinckley and Bosworth England
Coordinates	52°34′18″N1°25′27″W / 52.5717°N 1.4243°W / 52.5717; -1.4243
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
18 August 1873	Station opened to goods
1 September 1873	Station opened to passengers
13 April 1931	Station closed to passengers
1962	Line closed to traffic
Location

Stoke Golding station in 1985

Stoke Golding railway station is a disused railway station on the former Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway. It served the village of Stoke Golding. It closed in 1931 ^[1] to passengers but closed to parcel traffic in 1951. Goods continued to pass through until 1962 ^[2] when the line was closed from Shenton to Stoke Golding. The site is now a private residence and the goods yard is now an industrial estate.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Shenton Line closed, station open		Midland Railway, London and North Western Railway Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway		Higham on the Hill Line and station closed

References

1. Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 221. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
2. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 405. OCLC   931112387.

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