Hugglescote railway station

Former railway station in Leicestershire, England

52°42′18″N 1°22′22″W / 52.705121°N 1.372884°W / 52.705121; -1.372884Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyAshby and Nuneaton Joint RailwayPre-groupingAshby and Nuneaton Joint RailwayPost-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates18 August 1873 - 1 September 1873Opened to goods1 September 1873Opened to passengers13 April 1931Station closed to passengers^[1]6 July 1965Line closed to traffic

Hugglescote railway station is a disused railway station on the former Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway. It served the large village of Hugglescote where it joined the Leicester - Burton line and Charnwood Forest Railway. It closed in 1931^[2] to passengers but closed to parcel traffic in 1951. Goods continued to pass through until 1965 when the line was closed from Coalville to Shackerstone. The site has since been demolished and is now overgrown. It was briefly used for a conveyor but this has since been removed. The photograph shows the site of the station yard, the station was immediately behind this point of view.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Coalville Line and station closed		Midland Railway, London and North Western Railway Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway		Heather and Ibstock Line and station closed
Coalville East Line and station closed		London and North Western Railway Charnwood Forest Railway		Heather and Ibstock Line and station closed

References

^ "Stations closing to passengers". Leicester Evening Mail. England. 8 April 1931. Retrieved 1 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 235. OCLC 931112387.