Asfordby railway station
Appearance
Asfordby | |
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![]() Site of the station in 1993 | |
General information | |
Location | Asfordby, Leicestershire England |
Grid reference | SK713182 |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Pre-grouping | Midland Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways |
Key dates | |
1 September 1846 | Opened as Kirby |
1 December 1857 | Renamed Asfordby (late Kirby) |
1 May 1903 | Renamed Asfordby |
2 April 1951 | Station closed for passengers |
1964 | station closed for goods |
Asfordby railway station was a
station serving the villages of Asfordby and Kirby Bellars in Leicestershire. The station was situated at a level crossing on the road between the two villages. It opened in 1846 and was originally named Kirby, but had been renamed Asfordby by 1863.[1] It closed to passengers in 1951 but remained in use for goods until 1964.[2]
History
It was opened by the Midland Railway on the Syston and Peterborough Railway. The station building were designed by the architects William Parsons and Sancton Wood.[3] The contractors Norman and Grimson undertook to build it for £744 8s 6d. and it was remarkably similar to the station at Rearsby.
It became part of the
nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Railways Board
.
Stationmasters
- Charles Allen 1847 - 1892[4]
- H. Ellis 1892[5] - 1899 (formerly station master at Moira)
- William Williamson 1899 - 1928[6]
- W. Stephenson 1933 - 1935[7] (afterwards station master at Annesley)
- Walter Wilson 1935
- H.E. Harrison ca. 1945
The site today
Trains still pass the site on the Birmingham to Peterborough line.
Former Services
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Frisby | Birmingham to Peterborough Line
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Melton Mowbray |
References
- ^ Bradshaws General Railway and Steam Navigation Guide, Feb 1863.
- ^ British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer.
- ^ "The Railway Stations of Leicestershire" (PDF). Leicestershire Historian. 1–2 (8): 2. 1967. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ "Asfordby". Grantham Journal. England. 14 May 1892. Retrieved 6 February 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Moira". Burton Chronicle. England. 28 April 1892. Retrieved 6 February 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Presentation to late Asfordby Stationmaster". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 25 August 1928. Retrieved 6 February 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Asfordby Stationmaster". Leicester Evening Mail. England. 10 October 1935. Retrieved 7 February 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- OL 11956311M.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. OCLC 228266687.
External links
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