Place Blaby Grid reference SP566982 Platforms in use 2 | Area Leicestershire 1 January 1864 Station opened | |
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Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway Original company South Leicestershire Railway Similar East Langton railway st, Old Dalby railway station, Welford and Kilworth r, Asfordby railway station, Bardon Hill railway station | ||
Blaby railway station was a railway station on the Birmingham to Peterborough Line that served Blaby in Leicestershire, England.
The station was opened in 1864 by the South Leicestershire Railway, which was taken over by the London and North Western Railway in 1867. British Railways closed the station in 1968.
A campaign to re-open the station was launched in 2008. Preserved Bagnall fireless steam locomotive no. 2370 is being used to publicise the re-opening campaign.
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Blaby railway station Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA