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Ashley and Weston railway station

Coordinates: 52°31′01″N 0°49′59″W / 52.51682°N 0.83311°W / 52.51682; -0.83311
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Ashley and Weston
Remains of the station in 1996
General information
LocationMarket Harborough, Northamptonshire
England
Grid referenceSP791916
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 June 1850Opened as Medbourne Bridge
1 Jan 1880[1]Renamed Ashley and Weston
18 June 1951Closed for public services
After June 1952Final closure [2]

Ashley and Weston railway station was a station in Northamptonshire, serving the settlements of Ashley and Weston. It was located just east of Welham Junction.[3]

History

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The station opened in 1850 on the Rugby and Stamford Railway and was originally named Medbourne Bridge. It was renamed before Medbourne railway station was opened on the Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway. It later became part of the London and North Western Railway and following the Grouping of 1923 it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. The station passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The station was closed by British Railways for regular passenger services on 18 June 1951 but continued to be used by railway staff until 1952.

Extensive sidings were opened in 1904 to handle the amount of coal coming from Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.

Former Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Market Harborough   London and North Western Railway
Rugby and Stamford Railway
  Rockingham

The station building survives today as a private residence.

References

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  1. ^ Railway Passenger Services by M.Quick page 57
  2. ^ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
  3. ^ British Railways Atlas.1947. p.16
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • Station on navigable 1946 O. S. map

52°31′01″N 0°49′59″W / 52.51682°N 0.83311°W / 52.51682; -0.83311