Blaby railway station was a railway station on the Birmingham to Peterborough Line that served Blaby in Leicestershire, England.

Blaby
General information
LocationBlaby, Leicestershire
England
Coordinates52°34′43″N 1°09′58″W / 52.5787°N 1.1662°W / 52.5787; -1.1662
Grid referenceSP566982
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companySouth Leicestershire Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 January 1864Station opened
4 March 1968Station closed

The station was opened in 1864 by the South Leicestershire Railway, which was taken over by the London and North Western Railway in 1867.[1] British Railways closed the station in 1968.

In July 1914, local suffragettes Ellen Sheriff and Elizabeth Frisby, along with experienced arsonist Kitty Marion, armed with wood-shavings dipped in creosol (and an axe, to break in) trekked across a field in the middle of the night and burned the station down, causing £500-worth of damage.[2]

A campaign to re-open the station was launched in 2008.[3] Preserved Bagnall fireless steam locomotive no. 2370 is being used to publicise the re-opening campaign.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Narborough
Line and station open
  London and North Western Railway
South Leicestershire Railway
  Wigston Glen Parva
Line open, station closed

References

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  1. ^ "Series reference RAIL 636". The Catalogue. The National Archives. 5 October 2011.
  2. ^ Whitmore, Richard (2007). Alice Hawkins and the suffragette movement in Edwardian Leicester. Derby: Breedon. p. 150. ISBN 9781859835548.
  3. ^ "We have the train, now we want station". Leicester Mercury. 18 September 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2011.