Place Merry Lees | Pre-grouping Midland Railway | |
Area North West Leicestershire 18 July 1832 First Merry Lees station opened 27 March 1848 Second Merry Lees station opened date unknown Station renamed Merrylees Original company Leicester and Swannington Railway Similar Bardon Hill railway station, East Langton railway st, Old Dalby railway station, Asfordby railway station, Brooksby railway station | ||
Merry Lees was a railway station on the Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line in Leicestershire. It was opened in 1832 and closed in 1871.
The Leicester and Swannington Railway opened the first Merry Lees station on 18 July 1832. The Midland Railway took over the line in 1845 and replaced the station with a second one 150 yards (140 m) to the north on 27 March 1848. The Midland renamed the station Merrylees station some time thereafter, and closed it on 1 March 1871. For the entire period from 1832 to 1871 the station was run by a station mistress, Mary Argyle.
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