Clifton Mill railway station explained

Clifton Mill
Status:Disused
Borough:Clifton-upon-Dunsmore, Warwickshire
Country:England
Platforms:2
Original:London and North Western Railway
Pregroup:London and North Western Railway
Postgroup:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Years:November 1864[1]
Events:Station opens
Years1:6 April 1953
Events1:Station closes

Clifton Mill railway station was a railway station serving Clifton-upon-Dunsmore in the English county of Warwickshire. It was opened on the Rugby and Stamford Railway in 1864.[1]

History

Parliamentary approval was gained in 1846 to the directors of the London and Birmingham Railway for a branch from to the Syston and Peterborough Railway near .[2] In the same year the company became part of the London and North Western Railway. The section from Rugby to Market Harborough was opened on 1 May 1850. Clifton Mill did not open until 1864. and [1] although it was single track, it was doubled in 1878.[3]

At grouping in 1923 it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway. The station closed on 6 April 1953 and the line closed in 1966.

Site today

Station Road leads from the village centre terminating in a small Mill Lane. Some distance along the former are a number of buildings, where traces of the old track bed may still be made out.

External links

52.3828°N -1.2311°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Clifton Mill station . 23 April 2016.
  2. Web site: Rugby and Stamford Railway Act 1846.
  3. Book: R. Preston . Hendry . R. Powell . Hendry . 1982 . An historical survey of selected LMS stations: layouts and illustrations Vol. 1 . Oxford Publishing . 0-86093-168-4 . 152 .