Place Countesthorpe Grid reference SP576955 1840 – June 1842 Station opened Platforms in use 2 | Area Blaby Pre-grouping Midland Railway Original company Midland Counties Railway | |
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway Similar Broughton Astley railway st, Asfordby railway station, Bardon Hill railway station, East Langton railway st, Medbourne railway station | ||
Countesthorpe railway station was a railway station serving Countesthorpe in Leicestershire.
The station was on the Midland Counties Railway main line to Rugby, and it opened at some point between 1840 and June 1842. In 1844 the Midland Counties joined the North Midland Railway and the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway to form the Midland Railway.
In 1857 the Midland completed a new main line south to Hitchin and the Leicester – Rugby section of the Midland Counties was relegated to a branch. British Railways closed the Leicester – Rugby line and its stations, including Countesthorpe which closed on 1 January 1962.
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