Bardon Hill railway station explained

Bardon Hill
Status:Disused
Borough:Bardon, North West Leicestershire
Country:England
Coordinates:52.7097°N -1.3465°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Pregroup:Midland Railway
Postgroup:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Events:Opened as Ashby Road
Years1:1 January 1847
Events1:Name changed to Bardon Hill
Years2:1 March 1849
Events2:Closed
Years3:1 September 1849
Events3:Reopened
Events4:Closed[1]

Bardon Hill railway station was a railway station in Leicestershire, England, on the Leicester and Swannington Railway, which later became part of the Midland Railway's Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line.

The village of Bardon was built to serve the large granite quarry on Bardon Hill. The quarry has for many decades provided significant freight traffic for the railway, and in about 1990 the village was demolished to let the quarry expand. British Railways had closed Bardon Hill station in 1952 but the line remains open for freight traffic.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Quick, M E. Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. 2002. Railway and Canal Historical Society. Richmond. 64. 931112387.
  2. Web site: Bardon Hill Station © Ben Brooksbank cc-by-sa/2.0 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland. Geograph. 18 June 2022.