Asfordby railway station

Asfordby
Site of the station in 1993
Location
Place	Asfordby
Area	Leicestershire
Grid reference	SK713182
Operations
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Platforms	2
History
1 September 1846	Opened as Kirby
1 December 1857	Renamed Asfordby (late Kirby)
1 May 1903	Renamed Asfordby
2 April 1951	Station closed
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Asfordby railway station was a station serving the villages of Asfordby and Kirby Bellars in Leicestershire. The station was situated at a level crossing on the road between the two villages. It opened in 1846 and was originally named Kirby, but had been renamed Asfordby by 1863.^[1] It closed to passengers in 1951 but remained in use for goods until 1964.^[2]

History

Opened by the Midland Railway on the Syston and Peterborough Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Railways Board.

The site today

Trains still pass the site on the Birmingham to Peterborough line.

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687. 

External links

• Station on navigable O.S. map

Coordinates: 52°45′24″N 0°56′42″W / 52.75671°N 0.94495°W / 52.75671; -0.94495