Hugglescote railway station explained

Hugglescote
Status:Disused
Borough:Hugglescote, North West Leicestershire
Country:England
Coordinates:52.7051°N -1.3729°W
Platforms:2
Original:Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway
Pregroup:Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway
Postgroup:London Midland and Scottish Railway
Years:18 August 1873 - 1 September 1873
Events:Opened to goods
Years1:1 September 1873
Events1:Opened to passengers
Years2:13 April 1931
Events2:Station closed to passengers[1]
Years3:6 July 1965
Events3:Line closed to traffic

Hugglescote railway station is a disused railway station on the former Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway. It served the large village of Hugglescote where it joined the Leicester - Burton line and Charnwood Forest Railway. It closed in 1931[2] to passengers but closed to parcel traffic in 1951. Goods continued to pass through until 1965 when the line was closed from Coalville to Shackerstone. The site has since been demolished and is now overgrown. It was briefly used for a conveyor but this has since been removed.The photograph shows the site of the station yard, the station was immediately behind this point of view.

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Notes and References

  1. News: . Stations closing to passengers . Leicester Evening Mail . England . 8 April 1931 . 1 January 2021 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
  2. Book: Quick, M E. Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. 2002. Railway and Canal Historical Society. Richmond. 235. 931112387.