Grid reference SK713182 1 September 1846 Opened as Kirby | Platforms in use 2 | |
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Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish RailwayLondon Midland Region of British Railways Similar Brooksby railway station, East Langton railway st, Ashwell railway station, Bardon Hill railway station, Old Dalby railway station | ||
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. It closed to passengers in 1951 but remained in use for goods until 1964.
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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.
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Asfordby railway station Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA