Hugglescote railway station is a disused railway station on the former Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway. It served the large village of Hugglescote where it joined the Leicester - Burton line and Charnwood Forest Railway. It closed in 1931[2] to passengers but closed to parcel traffic in 1951. Goods continued to pass through until 1965 when the line was closed from Coalville to Shackerstone. The site has since been demolished and is now overgrown. It was briefly used for a conveyor but this has since been removed. The photograph shows the site of the station yard, the station was immediately behind this point of view.
Hugglescote | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Hugglescote, North West Leicestershire England |
| Coordinates | 52°42′18″N 1°22′22″W / 52.705121°N 1.372884°W |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway |
| Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 18 August 1873 - 1 September 1873 | Opened to goods |
| 1 September 1873 | Opened to passengers |
| 13 April 1931 | Station closed to passengers[1] |
| 6 July 1965 | Line closed to traffic |
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coalville Line and station closed |
Midland Railway, London and North Western Railway Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway |
Heather and Ibstock Line and station closed | ||
| Coalville East Line and station closed |
London and North Western Railway Charnwood Forest Railway |
Heather and Ibstock Line and station closed |
References edit
- ^ "Stations closing to passengers". Leicester Evening Mail. England. 8 April 1931. Retrieved 1 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 235. OCLC 931112387.