Lubenham railway station

Lubenham
Location
Place	Lubenham
Area	Leicestershire
Operations
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
History
1 May 1850	Station opens
6 June 1966	Station closes^[1]
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Lubenham railway station was a railway station serving Lubenham in the English county of Leicestershire. It was opened on the Rugby and Stamford Railway in 1850.

History

Parliamentary approval was gained in 1846 by the directors of the London and Birmingham Railway for a branch from Rugby to the Syston and Peterborough Railway near Stamford. ^[2] In the same year the company became part of the London and North Western Railway. The section from Rugby to Market Harborough, which included Lubenham, opened in 1850. Originally single track, it was doubled at the end of 1878.^[3]

At grouping in 1923 it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway. The line and station closed in 1966.

References

↑ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
↑ http://archivesunlocked.warwickshire.gov.uk/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqSearch=(RefNo=='01510/1/3/1/6')
↑ Preston Hendry, R., Powell Hendry, R., (1982) An historical survey of selected LMS stations : layouts and illustrations. Vol. 1 Oxford Publishing

Closed railway stations in Leicestershire and Rutland

Leicester and Swannington Railway	Coalville Town Bardon Hill Bagworth and Ellistown Incline House Thornton Lane Merry Lees Desford Ratby Glenfield (Leicestershire) Leicester West Bridge

Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway	Overseal Donisthorpe Measham Snarestone Hugglescote Heather and Ibstock Stoke Golding Higham-on-the-Hill

Charnwood Forest Railway	Loughborough Derby Road Snells Nook Shepshed Grace Dieu Thringstone Whitwick Coalville East

Melbourne Line	Tonge and Breedon Worthington

Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line	Moira Ashby de la Zouch Swannington Kirby Muxloe Braunston (Leicester)

GNR & LNWR Joint Rly	Harby and Stathern Long Clawson and Hose Scalford Melton Mowbray North Great Dalby John O'Gaunt Leicester Belgrave Road Humberstone Thurnby and Scraptoft Ingarsby Lowesby Tilton East Norton Hallaton Medbourne

Midland Counties Railway	Cossington Gate Wigston South Countesthorpe Broughton Astley Leire Halt Ullesthorpe

Nottingham and Melton Railway	Old Dalby Grimston

Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway	Saxby Edmondthorpe and Wymondham

Syston and Peterborough Railway	Rearsby Brooksby Frisby Asfordby Whissendine Ashwell Manton Ketton and Collyweston

Rugby and Stamford Railway	Welford and Kilworth Theddingworth Lubenham Rockingham Seaton Morcott Wakerley and Barrowden

Midland Main Line	Humberstone Road Leicester Campbell Street Welford Road Wigston Magna Great Glen Kibworth East Langton

South Leicestershire Railway	Elmesthorpe Croft Blaby Wigston Glen Parva

Great Central Main Line	Belgrave and Birstall Leicester Central Whetstone Ashby Magna Lutterworth

Stamford and Essendine Railway	Essendine Ryhall

Other	Uppingham Waltham-on-the-Wolds

Coordinates: 52°28′39″N 0°58′17″W / 52.4774°N 0.9714°W / 52.4774; -0.9714

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