Bardon Hill railway station was a railway station in Leicestershire, England, on the Leicester and Swannington Railway, which later became part of the...
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quarry to this day. Bardon Hill railway station was near the parish church. The station was closed in the 20th century but the railway through it remains...
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A hill station is a town located at a higher elevation than the nearby plain or valley. The English term was originally used mostly in colonial Asia, but...
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of a railway. So the decision was made to build the line south from the quarry to a transshipment point at Beveridge Lane, near Bardon Hill station. Construction...
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the second highest point in Leicestershire after Bardon Hill, although the OS map shows Birch Hill, which is near Copt Oak to be 254m. An extinct volcano...
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Coalville (section Leicester and Swannington Railway)
and Leicester connected by rail, with Coalville "en route" 1858: The Bardon Hill granite quarrying company formed 1894: Coalville Urban District Council...
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However in 2006, mining at the New Cliffe Hill Quarry ceased. Cliffe Hill Mineral Railway "Area: Stanton-under-Bardon (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census:...
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Rail transport (redirect from Railway)
extended to Berlin-Lichterfelde West station. The Volk's Electric Railway opened in 1883 in Brighton, England. The railway is still operational, thus making...
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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...
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engineer of the Great Western Railway, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, beginning at the line's London gateway, Paddington station, and ending in Newton Abbot,...
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heritage railway stations in the United Kingdom List of National Rail Station codes. National Rail covers railways in Great Britain only. Stations in Northern...
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the Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway at Marefield Junction. The station opened on 1 January 1883. Marefield Junction was triangular...
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Leicester–Burton upon Trent line (category Railway lines in the East Midlands)
1833; renamed Bardon Hill 1 January 1847; closed 1 March 1849; reopened 1 September 1849; closed 12 May 1952; divergence of Bardon Hill Colliery and quarry...
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Hexham is a railway station on the Tyne Valley Line, which runs between Newcastle and Carlisle via Hexham. The station, situated 22 miles 22 chains (22...
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River Sence (section Railways)
Sence rises on Bardon Hill (GR SK461132; alt. 278 m), crosses the A50 (GR SK453122) and gathers a group of three headwaters around Bardon (GR SK457123)...
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de-la-Zouch Bardon Hill - highest point in the National Forest at 912 feet (278 m) above sea level Battlefield Line Railway Beacon Hill, Leicestershire...
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west of the river is Charnwood Forest, an upland area which contains Bardon Hill, which at 278 m (912 ft) is the county's highest point. There are prehistoric...
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1967; Blenkinsopp Colliery; Haltwhistle; opened 18 June 1838; still open; Bardon Mill; opened 18 June 1838; still open; Haydon Bridge; opened 28 June 1836;...
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It was moved brick by brick to its new home at Shenton station on the Battlefield Line Railway, where it would serve as an information point for Bosworth...
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Leicester Central was a railway station in Leicester, England. It was situated to the west of the city centre, on Great Central Street which is today...
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Humberstone railway station was a railway station serving the eastern side of Leicester. It was on the Great Northern Railway Leicester branch. The station opened...
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Seaton railway station was a station serving the villages of Seaton, Rutland, and Harringworth, Northamptonshire. It was originally a minor intermediate...
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Whetstone was a station on the Great Central Railway (GCR), the last main line to be constructed from the north of England to London, which opened in 1899...
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Lutterworth was a station which opened in 1899 to serve the Leicestershire market town of Lutterworth. It was situated on the Great Central Railway, the last...
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Blaby railway station was a railway station on the Birmingham to Peterborough Line that served Blaby in Leicestershire, England. The station was opened...
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was a railway station at Coalville in Leicestershire on the Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line. Passenger business was carried out at the "Railway Hotel"...
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6686778; -1.1329778 Belgrave and Birstall railway station was a railway station opened by the Great Central Railway in 1899. It served the villages of Belgrave...
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network, and all 198 stations in Ireland, on the railway networks of Iarnród Éireann in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland Railways in Northern Ireland...
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Morcott railway station is a former station in Rutland, near the village of Morcott. Parliamentary approval was gained in 1846 by the directors of the...
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list of closed railway stations in Britain includes the following: Year of closure is given if known. Stations reopened as heritage railways continue to...
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