Bagworth and Ellistown railway station

Bagworth and Ellistown was a railway station on the Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line, that served the villages of Bagworth and Ellistown in Leicestershire. It was opened by the Midland Railway in 1849 and closed by British Railways in 1964. It was at Bagworth on what is now the B585 road.

Bagworth and Ellistown
Station exterior (down side) in April 1961
General information
LocationBagworth, North West Leicestershire
England
Coordinates52°40′48″N 1°20′49″W / 52.680°N 1.347°W / 52.680; -1.347
Grid referenceSK442092
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
18 July 1832First Bagworth station opened
1 August 1849Second Bagworth station opened
1 October 1894Station renamed Bagworth and Ellistown
7 September 1964Station closed

History

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The Leicester and Swannington Railway had previously opened a Bagworth station in 1832. The Midland Railway took over the line in 1845 and made a number of improvements, including replacing the original Bagworth station with a new one on 1 August 1849. The Ellis family created the colliery and village of Ellistown in 1873 and the Midland renamed the station Bagworth and Ellistown on 1 October 1894.

The Midland Railway became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway under the Grouping of 1923. The Leicester to Burton line became part of the London Midland Region of British Railways under the transport nationalisation of 1948. British Railways closed the station to passenger traffic on 7 September 1964.

Reopening proposals

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In the 1990s BR planned to restore passenger services to the Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line as the second phase of its Ivanhoe Line project. However, after the privatisation of British Rail in 1995 this phase of the project was discontinued. In 2009 the Association of Train Operating Companies published a £49 million proposal (Connecting Communities: Expanding Access to the Rail Network) to restore passenger services to the line that would include reopening a station at Bagworth.[1]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Thornton Lane
Line open, station closed
  Midland Railway
Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line
  Bardon Hill
Line open, station closed

References

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  1. ^ "Connecting Communities – Expanding Access to the Rail Network" (PDF). London: Association of Train Operating Companies. June 2009. p. 19. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
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