Tonge and Breedon railway station

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Tonge and Breedon
Tonge Station - geograph.org.uk - 1247858.jpg
Former Station
General information
Location Tonge, North West Leicestershire
England
Coordinates 52°48′41″N1°22′58″W / 52.8114°N 1.3829°W / 52.8114; -1.3829 Coordinates: 52°48′41″N1°22′58″W / 52.8114°N 1.3829°W / 52.8114; -1.3829
Grid reference SK416239
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Midland Railway
Pre-grouping Midland Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 October 1869 [1] Line opened
22 Sept 1930Passenger service withdrawn
1939Line becomes Melbourne Military Railway
1945Line returned to LMS
21 May 1980Line closed to freight traffic

Tonge and Breedon railway station was a station at Tonge that served the adjacent village of Breedon-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire, England.

Contents

History

It was opened on 1 October 1869 [1] by the Midland Railway on an extension of the Melbourne Line from Melbourne to Worthington.

In 1930 passenger services were withdrawn and the Midland's successor, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, was using the line only for freight services. During the Second World War the line became the Melbourne Military Railway. In 1945 the War Department returned the line and station to the LMS.

In 1980 British Railways closed the line and by the 1990s the track had been dismantled. The trackbed through the former station is now part of National Cycle Route 6.

Stationmasters

Route

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Worthington
Line and station closed		  Midland Railway
Melbourne line
1871 - 1930		  Melbourne
Line and station closed
Worthington
Line and station closed		  Midland Railway
Melbourne line
1869 - 1871		  Wilson
Line and station closed

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References

  1. 1 2 "Midland Railway" . Derby Mercury. England. 6 October 1869. Retrieved 3 January 2022– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "1871-1879 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 280. 1871. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "1881-1898 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 248. 1881. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 "1899-1908 Coaching; Piece 1026". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 497. 1899. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Breedon on the Hill" . Leicester Daily Post. England. 23 April 1914. Retrieved 3 January 2022– via British Newspaper Archive.
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