Ashby Magna was a station on the Great Central Railway, the last main line to be constructed from the north of England to London, which opened in 1899...
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Ashby de la Zouch railway station is a former railway station at Ashby de la Zouch in Leicestershire on the Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line. The Midland...
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Ashby-de-la-Zouch (/ˈæʃbi də lə ˈzuːʃ/), also spelled Ashby de la Zouch, is a market town and civil parish in the North West Leicestershire district of...
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Wigston Magna railway station was a railway station serving Wigston Magna in Leicestershire. In 1857 the Midland Railway opened its new main line to Hitchin...
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gentlemen's toilet block. The station was one of the earlier closures on the line closing to passengers in 1963; it, like nearby Ashby Magna, served a relatively...
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line railway station is Atherstone (11 miles, 18 km). Others nearby are Burton-on-Trent, Leicester, Tamworth and Nuneaton. A branch of the Ashby and Nuneaton...
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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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Snarestone (section Ashby Canal)
also a railway station on the Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway but it was closed in 1931 and to freight in 1970. The nearest railway stations are Atherstone...
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Dunton Bassett, separating it from the village of Ashby Magna, and a station was provided bearing Ashby's name, although it was much the smaller village...
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1873 to 1931. The station was on the Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway. The station is the only building on the Ashby - Shackerstone section to still be...
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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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1931. The station was on the Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway. The station building has since been demolished but the station master's house and goods shed...
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geocities.com/oliveshark53/railway.htm "WHITWICK STATION. Charnwod Forest Railway & the Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway". Archived from the original...
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Moira is a former mining village about 2.5 miles (4 km) south-west of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in North West Leicestershire, England. The village is about 3...
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the Ashby to Nuneaton railway line. The station at Shackerstone is part of a preserved railway and visitor attraction (Battlefield Line Railway). During...
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Hinckley railway station serves the town of Hinckley and village of Burbage in Leicestershire, England. The station is on the CrossCountry Birmingham to...
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North West Leicestershire, from 1874 to 1931. The station was on the Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway. The site has since been filled in and is now a footpath...
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Hinckley and Bosworth (section Railways)
Battlefield Line is a preserved railway which runs over part of the alignment of the former railway from Nuneaton to Ashby-de-la-Zouch. It is home to the...
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John O'Gaunt railway station was a railway station serving the villages of Twyford, John O'Gaunt and Burrough on the Hill in Leicestershire, England....
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Ashby-de-la-Zouch (the number 9 Diamond East Midlands or Swadlincote to Burton upon Trent (the 4,8,9,19, Diamond East Midlands) The nearest railway station...
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weekends from Shackerstone, via Market Bosworth station to Shenton. The Ashby Canal runs adjacent to the railway and is served by Bosworth Marina with moorings...
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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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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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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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Hugglescote railway station is a disused railway station on the former Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway. It served the large village of Hugglescote where...
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starts at the point where the A34 crosses the Chase Line at Perry Barr railway station. On the right hand side is Birmingham City University and the road...
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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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Drive, Moira, just off the main Ashby Road. The former station is also reflected in the name of the village pub, the Railway Inn. In the 1990s BR planned...
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River Sence (section Ashby de la Zouch Canal)
The Battlefield Line Railway from Shackerstone to Shenton is a preserved part of the former Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway (ANJR) from Nuneaton to...
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1899 with the nearest station being at Ashby Magna 2+1⁄2 miles (4 km) northwest of the village and Lutterworth railway station slightly further away to...
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