Medbourne railway station

Medbourne railway station was a station in Medbourne, Leicestershire, on the Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway. It was between Hallaton junction to the north and Drayton junction to the south. Both junctions were connected to Welham Junction to the west.

History The station was built in 1879 by the LNWR but did not open until 1883, four years after the Great Northern completed the double-tracked line between Leicester Belgrave Road and Peterborough North. Services from the station were all GNR, hence the delayed date. In 1916, during the First World War, Medbourne station was closed to passengers as a war economy, although by this time the line had been reduced to single track. Shortly after the station closed, the building accidentally burned down, though the shell of the station remained until at least the second world war.Leicestershire's Stations, Andrew Moore pp163-164 After the station was closed to passengers, the route became a goods line. The branch was closed in 1964.

The village of Medbourne was also served by Ashley and Weston railway station to the south on the London and North Western Railway. The station, which was known as Medbourne Bridge until 1879, closed in 1952. The entire line was closed in 1964.A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Volume 9 The East Midlands

Summary of Former Services

Sample Train Timetable for April 1910 The table below shows the train departures from Medbourne on weekdays in April 1910.Bradshaw's Railway Guide, April 1910. DepartureGoing toCalling atArrivalOperator07.47Peterborough NorthRockingham, Seaton, Wakerley & Barrowden, King's Cliffe, Nassington, Wansford, Castor, Overton, Peterborough North08.48GNR10.33Leicester Belgrave RoadHallaton, East Norton, Tilton, Loseby, Ingersby, Thurnby & Scraptoft, Humberstone, Leicester Belgrave Road11.22GNR11.03Peterborough NorthRockingham, Seaton, Wakerley & Barrowden, King's Cliffe, Nassington, Wansford, Castor, Overton, Peterborough North12.06GNR15.22Leicester Belgrave RoadHallaton, East Norton, Tilton, Loseby, Ingersby, Thurnby & Scraptoft, Humberstone, Leicester Belgrave Road16.10GNR16.47Peterborough NorthRockingham, Seaton, Wakerley & Barrowden, King's Cliffe, Nassington, Wansford, Castor, Peterborough North17.46GNR20.27Leicester Belgrave RoadHallaton, East Norton, Tilton, Loseby, Ingersby, Thurnby & Scraptoft, Humberstone, Leicester Belgrave Road21.11GNR

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