Tonge and Breedon railway station

Tonge and Breedon
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
Grid reference	SK416239
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 October 1869 [1]	Station opened
22 Sept 1930	Passenger service withdrawn
1939	Line becomes Melbourne Military Railway
1945	Line returned to LMS
21 May 1980	Line closed to freight traffic
Location

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

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In 1930 passenger services were withdrawn and the Midland's successor, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, was using the line only for freight services.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

• W. Borth until 1872 ^[2] (afterwards station master at Holmes)
• J. Blackwell 1872 - 1873 ^[2] (afterwards station master at Fiskerton)
• S. Poole 1873 - 1874 ^[2] (afterwards station master at South Wigston)
• George Hall 1874 - 1876 ^[2] (afterwards station master at Broughton)
• A.H. Walker 1876 - 1877 ^[2]
• G. Hall 1877 - 1880 ^[2]
• William Walker 1880 ^[2] - 1883 ^[3] (afterwards station master at Walton)
• G. Ravenhall 1883 - 1884 ^[3] (afterwards station master at Wadborough)
• William Henry Payne 1884 - 1886 ^[3] (afterwards station master at Burton Joyce)
• A.W. Baker 1886 - 1888 ^[3]
• W. Clark 1888- 1889 ^[3] (formerly station master at Cradoc, afterwards station master at Longstow)
• S. Hart 1889 - 1891 ^[3] (afterwards station master at Worthington)
• G. Albutt 1891 - 1894 ^[3] afterwards station master at Worthington)
• E.J. Watkley 1894 - 1895 ^[3] (afterwards station master at Walsall Wood)
• A.H. Scott 1895 ^[3] - 1902 ^[4] (afterwards station master at Denby)
• R. Haynes 1902 - 1906 ^[4] (afterwards station master at Little Eaton)
• Thomas Tongue 1906 ^[4] - 1914 ^[5]
• George Henry Wakefield 1914 - ca. 1941

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

References

1. "Midland Railway" . Derby Mercury. England. 6 October 1869. Retrieved 3 January 2022– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "1871-1879 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 280. 1871. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
3. "1881-1898 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 248. 1881. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
4. "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.